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Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against PHH Corporation for Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Blog Four steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Take Action Against National City Bank for Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $59.5 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Ally to repay $80 million to consumers it discriminated against
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Richard Cordray on the Ally Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Order Ally to Pay $80 Million to Consumers Harmed by Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Ocwen Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog Explainer: What the multi-billion dollar Ocwen enforcement action means for you
Category: Press release CFPB, State Authorities Order Ocwen to Provide $2 Billion in Relief to Homeowners for Servicing Wrongs
Category: Report 2013 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog Sunshine for student financial products
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Financial Institutions to Publicly Disclose Campus Financial Agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Sues CashCall for Illegal Online Loan Servicing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the CashCall Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the CareCredit Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE CareCredit to Refund $34.1 Million for Deceptive Health-Care Credit Card Enrollment
Category: Blog Our first enforcement action against a payday lender
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Payday Lender For Robo-Signing
Category: Testimony Hollister K. Petraeus Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
Category: Press release The CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Insurer to End Illegal Kickbacks to Lenders
Category: Blog Live from the CFPB!
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CFPB Auto Finance Forum
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Castle & Cooke For Steering Consumers Into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Blog Save the date, Washington DC!
Category: Blog Preventing illegal discrimination in auto lending
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Borders & Borders, PLC for Paying Illegal Real Estate Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Meracord for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Report CARD Act report
Category: Blog Live from Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Card Act Reduced Penalty Fees And Made Credit Card Costs Clearer
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CARD Act Field Hearing
Category: Speech Statement by CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Chase and JPMorgan Chase Enforcement Action
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Chase and JPMorgan Chase to Pay $309 Million Refund for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Explainer: How does the Chase order handle refunds?
Category: Blog Save the date, Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Blog Reserve la cita, Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Testimony Director Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Duty to Investigate Consumer Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Morgan Drexen for Charging Illegal Fees and Deceiving Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Castle & Cooke for Paying Employees to Steer Consumers into Expensive Mortgages
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks on MILES Enforcement Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Auto Lenders to Refund Approximately $6.5 Million to Servicemembers
Category: Blog Order: Auto loan program partners to refund about $6.5 million to servicemembers
Category: Blog Encouraging “responsible conduct” in enforcement investigations
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Florida Company From Engaging in Illegal Debt-Relief Practices
Category: Press release The CFPB Takes Action Against Real Estate Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Two Companies for Charging Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Blog The best legal externship money can’t buy
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the SDNY Enforcement Press Conference
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Press release The CFPB Amends Card Act Rule to Make it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray at the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release The CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Insurers to End Kickbacks to Lenders
Category: Speech Press Call on Enforcement Action Against Mortgage Insurers to End Kickbacks to Lenders
Category: Blog Releasing complaint data about credit cards, mortgages, student loans, bank accounts, services, and other consumer loans
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Credit CARD Act Rule
Category: Press release CFPB to Hold Auto Lenders Accountable for Illegal Discriminatory Markup
Category: Blog Buying a car? Here’s what you need to know
Category: Testimony Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog So, how do I submit a complaint?
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at a Meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Consumer Advisory Board meeting
Category: Blog Is your credit report wrong? How to find out and fix it
Category: Blog Partnering in an information sharing agreement with the Navajo Nation to protect tribal consumers
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Inquiry on Campus Financial Products
Category: Press release CFPB and State Partners Obtain Refunds for Consumers Charged Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Blog A joint enforcement action with states to stop illegal advance fees
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry on the Impact of the CARD Act
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Corey Stone before the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
Category: Report 2012 College credit card agreements
Category: Report Key Dimensions and Processes in the U.S. Credit Reporting System: A review of how the nation’s largest credit bureaus manage consumer data
Category: Press release CFPB Report Details How the Nation’s Largest Credit Bureaus Manage Consumer Data
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on a Credit Reporting White Paper Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Alleged Nationwide Mortgage Loan Modification Scams
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department pledge to work together to protect consumers from credit discrimination
Category: Blog You have a right to see specialty consumer reports too
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues warning to nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Increases in Dollar Thresholds in Regulation Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog Launching the college credit card agreement database
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Op-ed Financially Empowering Stay-at-Home Partners
Category: Press release CFPB Now Taking Complaints on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Now accepting credit reporting complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Making it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Office of Research Publication Analysis of Differences between Consumer- and Creditor-Purchased Credit Scores
Category: Blog Order: American Express is responsible for compensating customers for illegal practices
Category: Speech Remarks by Kent Markus in an American Express Enforcement Action Press Phone Call
Category: Blog Consumers expect, and deserve, that companies follow the rules
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $85 Million Refund to Consumers Harmed by Illegal Credit Card Practices