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Category: Blog Don’t take a bath on a flood-damaged car
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: Blog Setting our targets on elder financial abuse
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Hubert H. “Skip” Humphrey III Before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Category: Blog Checklist to rebuild your finances
Category: Blog Protecting and rebuilding your finances after a disaster
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: Op-ed Financially Empowering Stay-at-Home Partners
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray in a Live Session on Requirements for Remittance Transfer Providers
Category: Press release FFIEC Statement on the Impact of Drought Conditions on Financial Institutions
Category: Blog Updates to the consumer complaint database
Category: Office of Research Publication Analysis of Differences between Consumer- and Creditor-Purchased Credit Scores
Category: Report Consumer Response: A Snapshot of Complaints Received
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 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: 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 than 70 percent of people with 401(k)s don’t realize they’re paying fees
Category: Press release CFPB Makes International Money Transfers Easier for Certain Financial Institutions
Category: Blog Foreclosure help is free, and scams are expensive
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Report Showcasing 2012 Highlights
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on CFPB Enforcement Action
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog So how many consumer reporting companies are there?
Category: Blog Live from Detroit, MI!
Category: Press release CFPB to Supervise Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Working together to empower consumers
Category: Speech Statement for the Record of Marla Blow before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Services and Consumer Credit
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Reverse Mortgages Study
Category: Press release CFPB Adopts Rule for the Protection of Privileged Information
Category: Report Reverse Mortgages Report
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and prudential regulators issue joint guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that impact servicemembers
Category: Blog Design+Technology Fellows: Changing the way government works
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray on the Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Blog Making consumer complaints available to the public
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Blog CFPB Ombudsman’s Office — A resource available to you
Category: Speech Remarks by Richard Cordray at World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event
Category: Blog Protecting Older Americans from financial abuse
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry on Elder Financial Abuse
Category: Blog Thousands of voices on private student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Private Student Loan Borrower Comments
Category: Speech Remarks by Raj Date to the American Bankers Association Conference
Category: Blog Update: Notice about possible “sweepstakes” scam
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray before the Senate Banking Committee
Category: Press release Agencies Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Supervisory Coordination
Category: Blog Help the CFPB solve the most common consumer mistakes
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Blog Empowering America’s consumers
Category: Blog Notice about possible “sweepstakes” scam
Category: Press release FFIEC Implements New InfoBase Technology for The Information Technology Examination Handbook
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray Before the 2012 Simon New York City Conference
Category: Testimony Testimony of Camille Busette before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and D.C.
Category: Blog Taking your kids to work is a great time to talk about money
Category: Blog Comment period on overdrafts extended to June 29
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Category: Blog Fair Notice on Fair Lending
Category: Blog Something Good in Memphis
Category: Press release CFPB to Hold Financial Institutions and their Service Providers Accountable
Category: Blog Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Blog Utah: A Leader in Protecting Seniors from Exploitation
Category: Blog CFPB promotes Financial Literacy Month
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray before the U.S. House of Representatives
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Category: Blog Remittance transfer rule: A personal perspective
Category: Press release CFPB Invites Consumers to Ask CFPB
Category: Blog Learning to speak financial products and services
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray before the Consumer Bankers Association
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Category: Blog Consumer response now sharing complaints with FTC Consumer Sentinel
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the ICBA National Convention
Category: Blog Illinois: Working hard to protect seniors
Category: Blog Who is going to help with your complaint about an auto or installment loan?
Category: Speech Prepared remarks by Richard Cordray before the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog Our student loan complaint system is open for business
Category: Press release CFPB Now Taking Private Student Loan Complaints
Category: Blog Our second National Consumer Protection Week
Category: Blog Advancing consumers’ interests
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now taking complaints on checking accounts
Category: Blog Notice about possibly malicious emails
Category: Blog Set a goal and start a savings habit