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Category: Blog Millions of consumers will now have access to credit scores and reports through nonprofit counselors
Category: Blog Register for our research conference on consumer finance
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for an Academic Research Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2015
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes to the Consumer Bankers Association
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Report Outlines Legal Violations Uncovered by Supervision
Category: Blog We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
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: Op-ed What we really need to be better off financially
Category: Blog Nearly half of mortgage borrowers don’t shop around when they buy a home
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Blog Evaluating ways to promote regular saving habits among prepaid card users
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
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 and call for research papers
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Blog Promoting saving at tax time
Category: Blog Encontrando la ayuda que necesitas, en el idioma que entiendes – La historia de Higinio
Category: Blog Getting the help you need, in the language you understand – Higinio’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Majority of Manufactured-Housing Borrowers Have Expensive Loans
Category: Blog New Project Catalyst research pilot to study early intervention credit counseling
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Blog Updated mortgage data available
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Nonbank Auto Finance Companies
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Rohit Chopra before the Committee on the Budget
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices In Nonbank Markets
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Medical Debt Overly Penalizes Consumer Credit Scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Medical Debt Study Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Medical debt and credit scores
Category: Blog Our Board and Council meetings are changing
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Tools To Protect Foster Care Children From Credit Reporting Problems
Category: Blog Two new members for our Academic Research Council
Category: Blog Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
Category: Blog Live from Nashville!
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Report Credit reporting complaint snapshot
Category: Blog Now you have better options to dispute a credit report error
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Mortgage Servicing Problems In 2013
Category: Blog Accepting applications for our Academic Research Council
Category: Blog Accepting applications for our Advisory Board and Councils
Category: Blog The second annual report from the CFPB Ombudsman’s Office
Category: Blog We looked at the impact of regulations at financial institutions
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Duty to Investigate Consumer Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Second Update of Exam Procedures for Mortgage Rules
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unveils Approach to Financial Education
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Press release The CFPB Issues Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Report Raises Concerns About Impact of Overdraft Practices on Consumers
Category: Press release The CFPB Establishes Framework to Better Coordinate with State Regulators
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Press release CFPB Statement on Deposit Advance Product Announcements by Banking Regulators
Category: Press release The CFPB Finds Payday and Deposit Advance Loans Can Trap Consumers in Debt
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems Older Americans Have With Confusing Financial Advising Industry
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: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Blog Come be our ‘boots on the ground’ – join our supervision team!
Category: Blog Is your credit report wrong? How to find out and fix it
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Mortgage Servicers About Legal Protections for Consumers When Transferring Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry on the Impact of the CARD Act
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Corey Stone before the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
Category: Blog Realigning our supervision work
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: 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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department pledge to work together to protect consumers from credit discrimination
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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Companies Against Misleading Consumers with False Mortgage Advertisements
Category: Press release Federal Housing Finance Agency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Partner on Development of National Mortgage Database
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
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: Press release FFIEC Statement on the Impact of Drought Conditions on Financial Institutions