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Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 14
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaints Snapshot Spotlights Bank Account and Service Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wells Fargo for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog Trying to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan? Avoid #ApplicationAbyss with our tips and resources.
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Consumers Complain Of Needless Hurdles In Applying For Lower Student Loan Payments
Category: Report Midyear Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 13
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog Consumers Count: Tools and resources for money decisions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Student Loan Servicing Press Call
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Auto And Other Consumer Loan Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 12
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaints Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 11
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Academic Research Council
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Student Loan 'Payback Playbook' to Provide Borrowers With Personalized Snapshot of Repayment Options
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Loan Payback Playbook Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report , Vol. 10
Category: Blog New research shows online payday loan borrowers rack up steep fees
Category: Report 2015 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Illegal Student Debt Relief Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Dwolla for Misrepresenting Data Security Practices
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 7
Category: Blog Accepting applications for our Academic Research Council
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 6
Category: Report 2015 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Colleges About Secret Campus Credit Card Contracts
Category: Report Measuring financial well-being: A guide to using the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 5
Category: Blog Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Nationwide Student Financial Aid Scam
Category: Report 2015 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Wins Default Judgment Against Corinthian Colleges for Engaging in a Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 4
Category: Blog Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment
Category: Blog CFPB’s new rule will shine light on mortgage market practices
Category: Blog New signs of trouble for student loan borrowers
Category: Report Student loan servicing
Category: Press release CFPB Concerned About Widespread Servicing Failures Reported by Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 3
Category: Blog HMDA data shows more people took out a mortgage to purchase a home in 2014 than 2013
Category: Blog New students should look closely at college-sponsored bank accounts and shop around
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 2
Category: Blog When you make student loan payments on an income-driven plan, you might be in for a payment shock
Category: Blog Three things to do before closing: What we learned from studying eClosing
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for Illegal Recurring Billing Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Discover Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 1
Category: Blog It’s not too late to share your #studentdebtstress story
Category: Report Overseas & Underserved: Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Continue To Face Roadblocks From Student Loan Servicers
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Category: Blog Sound off on student loan servicing
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Op-ed Stressed out by student debt
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Field Hearing on Student Loans
Category: Blog Live from Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry Into Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog Reminder: What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Blog Save the date, Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of David Silberman Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Ohio College Presidents’ Conference
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 2014 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
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 President’s Advisory Council
Category: Press release CFPB Secures $480 Million in Debt Relief for Current and Former Corinthian Students
Category: Blog Special announcement for Corinthian students
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Op-ed What we really need to be better off financially
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Accounts Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Safe Student Account Scorecard
Category: Blog Nearly half of mortgage borrowers don’t shop around when they buy a home
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Report 2014 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements
Category: Blog Evaluating ways to promote regular saving habits among prepaid card users
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
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: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Press release FFIEC Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Observations, Recommends Participation in Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default