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Category: Press release CFPB Takes First Action Against ‘Buy-Here, Pay-Here’ Auto Dealer
Category: Blog Social Security disability income shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Provides Guidance to Help Lenders Avoid Discrimination Against Consumers Receiving Disability Income
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to Mortgage Rules to Ensure Access to Credit
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: Proposed updates to TILA-RESPA final rule
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against M&T Bank for Deceptively Advertising Free Checking
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Office of Research Publication Manufactured-housing consumer finance in the U.S.
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Kickback Agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Majority of Manufactured-Housing Borrowers Have Expensive Loans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Flagstar Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Flagstar Bank for Violating New Mortgage Servicing Rules
Category: Press release CFPB Orders U.S. Bank to Pay $48 Million Refund to Consumers Illegally Billed for Services Not Received
Category: Blog New Project Catalyst research pilot to study early intervention credit counseling
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Project Catalyst Research Pilot
Category: Blog Updated mortgage data available
Category: Press release Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2013 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Report Using publicly available information to proxy for unidentified race and ethnicity
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Hydra Group Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Online Payday Lender for Cash-Grab Scam
Category: Blog El administrador de negociación del National City Bank pronto se pondrá en contacto con los prestatarios elegibles
Category: Blog National City Bank settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Increases in Dollar Thresholds in Regulations Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Reminder for steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes at the American Mortgage Conference
Category: Blog You could still end up paying interest on a zero percent interest credit card offer
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Mortgage EClosing Pilot Participants
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the First Investors Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Bulletin to Prevent Runarounds in Mortgage Servicing Transfers
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down USA Discounters’ Servicemember Fee Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Amerisave To Pay $19.3 Million For Bait-And-Switch Mortgage Scheme
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
Category: Blog Closing the book on Colfax
Category: Press release CFPB and 13 State Attorneys General Obtain About $92 Million in Debt Relief for Servicemembers Harmed by Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Improve Information About Access to Credit in the Mortgage Market
Category: Press release CFPB, FTC and States Announce Sweep Against Foreclosure Relief Scammers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes on the MARS Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Don’t fall for a foreclosure relief scam or bogus legal help
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Guidance Regarding Brokers Shifting To “Mini-Correspondent” Model
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ACE Cash Express Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Clarifies Mortgage Lending Rules to Assist Surviving Family Members
Category: Blog Ensuring equal treatment for same-sex married couples
Category: Blog We’re training housing counselors on the new mortgage servicing rules
Category: Blog Claim forms for the Ocwen settlement available now
Category: Blog We participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking (again)
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the GE Capital Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE Capital to Pay $225 Million in Consumer Relief for Deceptive and Discriminatory Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Live from Reno!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB, Federal Partners, and State Attorneys General File Order Requiring SunTrust to Provide $540 Million in Relief to Homeowners for Servicing Wrongs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Illegal Mortgage Referrals
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against RealtySouth for Mortgage Disclosure Violations
Category: Blog Spring 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2014
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the 2014 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Category: Speech Statement by CFPB’s Holly Petraeus on DOJ, FDIC Enforcement Actions Against Sallie Mae
Category: Blog Truth in Lending rule now available in easier-to-navigate format
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Category: Blog Three things to keep your retirement plan on track
Category: Report Snapshot of older consumers and mortgage debt
Category: Press release CFPB Spotlights Mortgage Debt Challenges Faced By Older Americans
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Minor Changes to Mortgage Rules to Ensure Access to Credit
Category: Press release Statement of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on BMO Harris Auto Lending Policy
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2013
Category: Blog Our work on fair lending
Category: Blog Take more control over the mortgage closing process with technology
Category: Blog Live from Washington, D.C.
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Mortgage Closing Forum
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Pain Points for Consumers in Mortgage Closing Process
Category: Report Mortgage closings today
Category: Blog Explainer: Compensating consumers for Bank of America’s illegal tactics for credit card add-on products
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a forum on the mortgage closing process in Washington, DC!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Bank of America Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Bank Of America To Pay $727 Million In Consumer Relief For Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Testimony Meredith Fuchs Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Proposed Rule on Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Speech CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of State Treasurers
Category: Speech Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes at Protecting Nevada’s Consumers: A Common Ground Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Deputy Director Antonakes at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2014 Banking Outlook Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Blog We’re protecting students from predatory lending