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Category: Blog Applying for a mortgage can be complicated: Navid’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Over 7,700 Consumer Complaint Narratives About Financial Companies
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Nonbank Auto Finance Companies
Category: Blog Sound off on student loan servicing
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Don’t be misled by reverse mortgage advertising
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ROADS to Financial Independence Launch
Category: Blog Working to improve the financial lives of people with disabilities
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Financial Well-Being Initiative Targeted To People With Disabilities
Category: Report A closer look at reverse mortgage advertisements and consumer risks
Category: Blog Planning for financial decisions as you age
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog The launch of the CFPB financial coaching initiative
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Blog Live from Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Your benefits are protected from garnishment
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Blog Sprint and Verizon will refund $120 million to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Nationwide Biweekly for Luring Consumers with False Promises of Mortgage Savings
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds 26 Million Consumers Are Credit Invisible
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Credit Reporting Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB and State of Maryland Take Action Against “Pay-To-Play” Mortgage Kickback Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Regions Bank $7.5 Million for Unlawful Overdraft Practices
Category: Blog We’re making progress toward ensuring fair access to credit
Category: Blog You’ve got options when it comes to overdraft
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director Cara Petersen on the Regions Bank Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Report Complaints Received from Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families 2011-2014
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the White House Conference on Aging Regional Forum
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of David Silberman Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Blog More financial empowerment tools for communities
Category: Blog Millions of consumers will now have access to credit scores and reports through nonprofit counselors
Category: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Press release CFPB and Navajo Nation Take Action to Stop an Illegal Tax-Refund Scheme
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for an Academic Research Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog The VA doesn’t send you mortgage ads
Category: Blog We’re suing a robo-call debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Participants in Robo-Call Phantom Debt Collection Operation
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Report 2014 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against “Bad Check” Debt Collector
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2015
Category: Blog Live from Richmond!
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Policy to Give Consumers the Opportunity to Voice Publicly Complaints About Financial Companies
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
Category: Blog Here’s why you should open a savings account for your kids
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2015
Category: Blog Save the date, Richmond!
Category: Blog Live from Newark!
Category: Blog We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Blog You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
Category: Blog Save the date, Newark!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Press release CFPB Reports That More Than 50 Million Credit Card Consumers Have Access to Free Credit Scores
Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes at The Exchequer Club
Category: Blog No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially
Category: Report Snapshot of reverse mortgage complaints December 2011 – 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Frustration Around Reverse Mortgages
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Blog 4 elements define personal financial well-being
Category: Op-ed What we really need to be better off financially
Category: Report Consumers’ Mortgage Shopping Experience
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Blog Tax season is here
Category: Press release CFPB and States Take Action Against Freedom Stores for Illegal Debt Collection Practices Against Servicemembers
Category: Blog Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Sprint for Cramming Consumers with Unauthorized Third-Party Charges
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Blog Evaluating ways to promote regular saving habits among prepaid card users
Category: Blog Live from Oklahoma City!
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
Category: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Here’s how medical debt hurts your credit report
Category: Blog Save the date, Oklahoma City!
Category: Blog Food for thought at your Thanksgiving table
Category: Blog Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
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: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Debt Collection Tops Older Consumer Complaints
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Blog Save the date, Wilmington, DE!
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Blog Live from Long Beach!
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Blog Save the date, Long Beach!