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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: 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: 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: 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: Blog Our new mortgage visualization tool
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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Data Now Searchable by State
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 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: Press release CFPB Releases Largest Collection of Federal Consumer Financial Complaint Data
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
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: Blog Sharing consumer complaint data with state agencies
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 Federal Housing Finance Agency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Partner on Development of National Mortgage Database
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
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 Updates to the consumer complaint database
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 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 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2011 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Consumer Reporting Market
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on CFPB Enforcement Action
Category: Blog How will the Capital One order handle refunds?
Category: Blog Pushing forward on the CFPB’s financial aid comparison tool
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 Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Blog Design+Technology Fellows: Changing the way government works
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Blog Protecting Older Americans from financial abuse
Category: Blog Thousands of voices on private student loans
Category: Blog New rules governing the CFPB’s enforcement work
Category: Blog Taking your kids to work is a great time to talk about money
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau files amicus brief in truth in lending case
Category: Blog Remittance transfer rule: A personal perspective
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes rule for the protection of privileged information
Category: Blog Our second National Consumer Protection Week
Category: Press release CFPB Director Richard Cordray Statement on the Mortgage Servicing Settlement
Category: Press release Federal and State Officials Announce New Law Enforcement Partnership to Protect Military Community
Category: Blog The CFPB wants you to blow the whistle on lawbreakers
Category: Blog Credit card complaints, by the numbers
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Statement to Clarify Supervisory and Enforcement Responsibilities For Federal Consumer Financial Laws
Category: Press release CFPB Plans to Provide Early Warning of Possible Enforcement Actions
Category: Blog Coordinating Consumer Complaints
Category: Blog Keeping a good credit score
Category: Report Report on remittance transfers