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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: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the Debt Collection Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Press Call
Category: Blog Your chance to weigh in on debt collection practices
Category: Press release CFPB Considers Debt Collection Rules
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: 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: Testimony Director Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the National Baptist Convention
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: Testimony Corey Stone Before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CFPB Debt Collection Field Hearing
Category: Blog New ways to combat harmful debt collection practices
Category: Press release The CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Harmful Debt Collection Practices
Category: Blog Live from Portland, Maine!
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 Save the date, Portland, Maine!
Category: Blog Encouraging “responsible conduct” in enforcement investigations
Category: Speech Steve Antonakes Remarks at “Life of a debt: Data Integrity in Debt Collection”
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: Report White paper on payday loans and deposit advance products
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray at the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago VISA, Inc. Financial Literacy and Education Summit
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: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
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: Blog Reporting to Congress about fair debt collection
Category: Report Annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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 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: Testimony Written Testimony of Corey Stone before the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
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: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Consumer Law Center Conference
Category: Blog Live from Seattle, WA!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Public Field Hearing on Debt Collection Practices
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Debt Collectors
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: Blog Save the date, Seattle, Washington!
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
Category: Blog Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) examination procedures
Category: Blog Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) examination procedures
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Study Finds Credit Scores Used by Consumers and Lenders Can Differ
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on the Press Call on FDIC and CFPB Joint Enforcement Action
Category: Press release Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Order Discover to Pay $200 Million Consumer Refund for Deceptive Marketing
Category: Blog Enforcing consumer protections by gathering information for investigations
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Consumer Reporting Market
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
Category: Press release CFPB and U.S. Department of Education Joint Report Finds a Cycle of Boom and Bust in Private Student Loan Market
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on CFPB Enforcement Action
Category: Blog How will the Capital One order handle refunds?
Category: Press release CFPB Probe into Capital One Credit Card Marketing Results in $140 Million Consumer Refund
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog So how many consumer reporting companies are there?
Category: Blog Live from Detroit, MI!
Category: Press release CFPB to Supervise Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam