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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: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: You don’t have to pay someone to help with your student loan
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: Blog Explainer: Changes to federal student loan interest rates
Category: Blog Should I use a home equity loan to refinance my student loans?
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: Blog Should I refinance my student loan?
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Category: Report Student loan affordability
Category: Blog Live from Miami-Dade, Florida
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 Save the date, Miami-Dade County, Florida!
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: 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: Blog Releasing complaint data about credit cards, mortgages, student loans, bank accounts, services, and other consumer loans
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Blog Reminder: Sound off on our student loan affordability initiative
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Credit CARD Act Rule
Category: Blog Reporting to Congress about fair debt collection
Category: Report Annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Blog Our proposed rule on student loan servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Testimony Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog What can students do to protect themselves?
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: Blog Student debt and schools
Category: Blog Student debt and health care
Category: Blog Help stop the student debt domino effect
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes First Step to Develop Student Loan Affordability Plan
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Consumer Advisory Board meeting
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: Report 2012 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Student Loans
Category: Blog Paying for college [beta]
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: Blog VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Increases in Dollar Thresholds in Regulation Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog More than 500 colleges agree to adopt financial aid shopping sheet
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Consumer Law Center Conference
Category: Op-ed Financially Empowering Stay-at-Home Partners
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: Report The Next Front? Student Loan Servicing and the Cost to Our Men and Women in Uniform
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Face Hurdles in Accessing Student Loan Benefits
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Making it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face Roadblocks to Repayment
Category: Blog Save the date, Seattle, Washington!
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 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: Blog Enforcing consumer protections by gathering information for investigations
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 Research updates on private student loans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Input on Gift Card Laws
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Blog Meet Julio from Florida
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: Office of Research Publication Private Student Loans Report
Category: Press release CFPB and U.S. Department of Education Joint Report Finds a Cycle of Boom and Bust in Private Student Loan Market