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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: Blog Access, Data and Scale – Strategies to making the market work better for low-income and economically vulnerable consumers
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department pledge to work together to protect consumers from credit discrimination
Category: Blog Prepare your finances for emergencies
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 Buyer beware – Potentially deceptive mortgage ads are targeting veterans and older Americans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Companies Against Misleading Consumers with False Mortgage Advertisements
Category: Blog Setting our targets on elder financial abuse
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Hubert H. “Skip” Humphrey III Before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Category: Blog Launching the college credit card agreement database
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Blog Avoiding loan scams after a natural disaster
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: Speech Remarks by Kent Markus in an American Express Enforcement Action Press Phone Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $85 Million Refund to Consumers Harmed by Illegal Credit Card Practices
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: Blog How will the Discover order handle refunds?
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Corporation for Enterprise Development Conference
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Consumer Reporting Market
Category: Blog More than 70 percent of people with 401(k)s don’t realize they’re paying fees
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Input on Gift Card Laws
Category: Blog Meet Jonna from Texas
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Report Showcasing 2012 Highlights
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Blog Meet Ronald from Georgia and Nelda from California
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on CFPB Enforcement Action
Category: Press release CFPB Probe into Capital One Credit Card Marketing Results in $140 Million Consumer Refund
Category: Blog How to stop mystery credit card fees
Category: Blog So how many consumer reporting companies are there?
Category: Blog Live from Detroit, MI!
Category: Blog Working together to empower consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Reverse Mortgages Study
Category: Report Reverse Mortgages Report
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray on the Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Blog Making consumer complaints available to the public
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the American Constitution Society Conference
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray at World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event
Category: Blog Protecting Older Americans from financial abuse
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry on Elder Financial Abuse
Category: Blog Thousands of voices on private student loans
Category: Testimony Testimony of Gail Hillebrand before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Blog Help the CFPB solve the most common consumer mistakes
Category: Press release CFPB Considers Rules on Prepaid Cards
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at Prepaid Cards Field Hearing
Category: Blog Empowering America’s consumers
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the White House Financial Summit
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray Before the 2012 Simon New York City Conference
Category: Testimony Testimony of Camille Busette before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and D.C.
Category: Blog Taking your kids to work is a great time to talk about money
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Category: Press release CFPB to Pursue Discriminatory Lenders
Category: Blog Something Good in Memphis
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks Public Comment on Amendment to Credit Card Act Rule
Category: Blog Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
Category: Blog Utah: A Leader in Protecting Seniors from Exploitation
Category: Blog CFPB promotes Financial Literacy Month
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray before the U.S. House of Representatives
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Category: Blog Remittance transfer rule: A personal perspective
Category: Press release CFPB Invites Consumers to Ask CFPB
Category: Blog Learning to speak financial products and services
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Category: Blog Illinois: Working hard to protect seniors
Category: Blog Who is going to help with your complaint about an auto or installment loan?
Category: Blog Our second National Consumer Protection Week
Category: Blog Set a goal and start a savings habit
Category: Blog What’s your status when it comes to overdraft coverage?
Category: Blog Office of Financial Education begins listening tour in New York
Category: Blog CFPB helps volunteer tax preparers promote tax refund savings
Category: Blog Five ways to keep more of your tax refund
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Peggy L. Twohig at the NMLS Users Conference
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray before the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray at the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray at The Brookings Institution
Category: Blog Financial Fitness Forum
Category: Op-ed Older Americans Need to be Armed Against Financial Fraud
Category: Blog Live from Cleveland
Category: Speech Know Before You Owe: Credit Cards
Category: Press release CFPB Aims to Simplify Credit Card Agreements
Category: Speech Remarks by Raj Date at the Consumer Federation of America’s Financial Services Conference