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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 Our progress on financial education
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Richard Cordray at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Credit CARD Act Rule
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Before Independent Community Bankers of America
Category: Speech Remarks of CFPB Acting Deputy Director Steve Antonakes
Category: Blog Exemption from escrow requirement for small creditors in rural or underserved counties
Category: Testimony Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Recognizing elder financial abuse
Category: Blog Tax time is the perfect time to save
Category: Blog What can students do to protect themselves?
Category: Blog Overcoming the challenges of recognizing elder financial abuse
Category: Blog Twitter: Let’s chat!
Category: Blog So, how do I submit a complaint?
Category: Blog Protect yourself from buyer’s remorse
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at a Meeting of the Credit Union National Association
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at a Meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog Save like Mike
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Consumer Advisory Board meeting
Category: Blog Qualified mortgages explained
Category: Press release CFPB Lays Out Implementation Plan for New Mortgage Rules
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Mortgage Servicers About Legal Protections for Consumers When Transferring Loans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Inquiry on Campus Financial Products
Category: Press release CFPB Adopts Rule to Improve Consumer Access to Appraisal Reports
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule on Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Issuing Rules to Prevent Loan Originators from Steering Consumers into Risky Mortgages
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray on a Mortgage Policy Press Call
Category: Blog Live from Atlanta, GA!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at a Mortgage Servicing Field Hearing
Category: Blog New rules, fewer runarounds for mortgage borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB Rules Establish Strong Protections for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
Category: Blog See you soon Atlanta, GA!
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rule to Protect Consumers from Irresponsible Mortgage Lending
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Rules to Strengthen Protections for High-Cost Mortgages
Category: Blog Assuring consumers have access to mortgages they can trust
Category: Blog Live from Baltimore, MD!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Ability-to-Repay Rule Field Hearing
Category: Blog See you soon, Baltimore, MD!
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Increase in Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Asset-Size Exemption Threshold
Category: Blog Giving or receiving gift cards? Know the terms and avoid surprises
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry on the Impact of the CARD Act
Category: Blog Save the Date, Baltimore, MD, and Atlanta, GA!
Category: Report 2012 College credit card agreements
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 CFPB Halts Alleged Nationwide Mortgage Loan Modification Scams
Category: Blog Why you should be suspicious of government logos
Category: Blog Fulfilling our fair lending mandate
Category: Blog Prepare your finances for emergencies
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Press Conference with Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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: Press release CFPB Extends Effective Date for New Mortgage Disclosures
Category: Blog Launching the college credit card agreement database
Category: Press release Federal Housing Finance Agency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Partner on Development of National Mortgage Database
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Blog Avoiding loan scams after a natural disaster
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Consumer Law Center Conference
Category: Op-ed Financially Empowering Stay-at-Home Partners
Category: Op-ed Debt Déjà Vu for Students
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: 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 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: Press release Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2011 Data on Mortgage Lending
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 time for comments on proposed changes to the definition of the finance charge
Category: Blog More than 70 percent of people with 401(k)s don’t realize they’re paying fees
Category: Blog Research updates on private student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rules to Bring Greater Accountability to Mortgage Market
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Input on Gift Card Laws
Category: Blog Meet Tom from Virginia
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Proposed Rule on Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgages
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Improve Consumer Access to Appraisal Reports
Category: Blog Your chance to weigh in on mortgage servicing
Category: Blog Putting the ‘service’ back in ‘mortgage servicing’
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rules to Protect Mortgage Borrowers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray in a Mortgage Servicing Proposed Rules Press Call
Category: Blog Meet Julio from Florida
Category: Blog Meet Jonna from Texas
Category: Blog Foreclosure help is free, and scams are expensive
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Small Business
Category: Blog Explainer: Why did it take 1,099 pages to propose a three-page mortgage disclosure?
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Report Showcasing 2012 Highlights
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
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