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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: Testimony Written Testimony of Corey Stone before the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Student Loans
Category: Report Key Dimensions and Processes in the U.S. Credit Reporting System: A review of how the nation’s largest credit bureaus manage consumer data
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: Blog Access, Data and Scale – Strategies to making the market work better for low-income and economically vulnerable consumers
Category: Blog Sharing consumer complaint data with state agencies
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Alleged Nationwide Mortgage Loan Modification Scams
Category: Blog Why you should be suspicious of government logos
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department pledge to work together to protect consumers from credit discrimination
Category: Blog Prepare your finances for emergencies
Category: Blog VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Press Conference with Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Category: Blog You have a right to see specialty consumer reports too
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues warning to nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies
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: Blog More than 500 colleges agree to adopt financial aid shopping sheet
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: 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 Debt Déjà Vu for Students
Category: Press release CFPB Now Taking Complaints on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Now accepting credit reporting complaints
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 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: 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 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: 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: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Blog Meet Julio from Florida
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: Office of Research Publication Private Student Loans Report
Category: Blog Pushing forward on the CFPB’s financial aid comparison tool
Category: Blog How to stop mystery credit card fees
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Raj Date Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Blog So how many consumer reporting companies are there?
Category: Blog Live from Detroit, MI!
Category: Blog Small business review panel for residential mortgage loan origination standards rulemaking
Category: Speech No Más: Prepared Remarks by Director Cordray to the National Council of La Raza
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes “Know Before You Owe” Mortgage Forms
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: Introducing our proposed mortgage disclosure forms
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: How we learned to build a better mortgage disclosure
Category: Blog Working together to empower consumers
Category: Blog Preparing for new mortgage disclosures: A look back at Know Before You Owe
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Reverse Mortgages Study
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Confusion in Reverse Mortgage Market
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Speech Written Testimony of Holly Petraeus before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Help for Military Homeowners
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and prudential regulators issue joint guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that impact servicemembers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Guidance for Mortgage Servicers Press Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Holly Petraeus at Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Guidance for Mortgage Servicers Press Conference
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Raj Date Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity
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 Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the American Constitution Society Conference
Category: Blog Protecting Older Americans from 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 Learn more about the Independent Foreclosure Review