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Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—How to trade in your car
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—Should you buy a new or used car?
Category: Blog Servicemembers, arm yourself with basic car buying skills—How to shop for auto financing
Category: Blog Natural disaster assistance is reported on a minority of credit records among potentially affected consumers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Helping to prevent scams targeted at veterans
Category: Blog Bureau releases its assessment report of the Remittance Rule
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Blog Bureau releases Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Blog Servicemembers’ “immediate actions” for financial success: pay down debt, make a plan, start early
Category: Blog Free credit freezes are here
Category: Blog New research report on the geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Telecommunications debt collection
Category: Blog More than 1-in-5 consumers had telecommunications-related collections on their consumer report in the past 5 years
Category: Blog WARNO: New security clearance guidelines make it more important than ever for servicemembers to monitor their credit
Category: Blog Bureau roundtables seek public input
Category: Blog Check your mailbox: Veterans with severe disabilities and student loans should keep an eye out for this
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Final student loan payments and broader household borrowing
Category: Blog New research report on student loan repayment and broader household borrowing
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: End-of-year credit card borrowing
Category: Blog Aggregate credit card borrowing exhibits end-of-year seasonal patterns which vary across different sets of consumers
Category: Blog Complaint snapshot: An analysis of debt collection complaints
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Debt collection
Category: Report Know Before You Owe: Mortgage shopping study
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request for Information on Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Category: Report 2017 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On Consumer Complaint Reporting
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Public records
Category: Blog Removal of public records has little effect on consumers’ credit scores
Category: Blog Help is here for people with severe disabilities struggling with student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Request for Information on Civil Investigative Demands
Category: Blog Looking for a loan? Find out how to Know Before You Owe
Category: Press release Acting Director Mulvaney Announces Call for Evidence Regarding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Functions
Category: Blog What does the Coast Guard know about the GI Bill that the other services do not?
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Citibank For Student Loan Servicing Failures That Harmed Borrowers
Category: Blog CFPB and VA WARNO: VA refinancing offers that sound too good to be true
Category: Report 2017 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog Thanking veterans for their service and supporting their financial well-being
Category: Blog Tips for servicemembers with student debt
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Sharp Increase In Riskier Longer-Term Auto Loans
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Growth in longer-term auto loans
Category: Blog Complaints show military families and non-military families have different experiences in the financial marketplace
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 26
Category: Blog A 50-state look at complaints about student loans
Category: Report 50 state snapshot of student debt: A nationwide look at complaints about student loans
Category: Report Annual report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman 2017
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Consumer Complaints Spurred Actions That Brought More Than $750 Million in Relief for Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Blog Want to see where you stand financially? Start with these 10 questions
Category: Press release CFPB's First National Survey on Financial Well-Being Shows More Than 40 Percent of U.S. Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Category: Report Financial well-being in America
Category: Blog Servicemembers and debt collection: Sharing your stories
Category: Blog Servicemembers should secure their identity after the Equifax data breach
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, Transworld Systems for Illegal Student Loan Debt Collection Lawsuits
Category: Report Building the capacity of tax preparation providers to encourage saving
Category: Report A nationwide look at how student debt impacts older adults
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Aequitas Capital Management for Aiding Corinthian Colleges' Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Too many student loan borrowers struggling, not enough benefiting from affordable repayment options
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Percentage of Borrowers with $20K in Student Debt Doubled Over Last Decade
Category: Report Innovation highlights: Emerging student loan repayment assistance
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Student loan repayment
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Frequent overdrafters
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 25
Category: Blog The voice of the consumer
Category: Blog Top five consumer financial complaints reported across the U.S.
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 24
Category: Press release CFPB Releases State-Level Snapshot of Consumer Complaints
Category: Blog Certifique su servicio: Guías para el programa de Perdón de Préstamos por Servicio Público
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Event
Category: Report Staying on track while giving back: The cost of student loan servicing breakdowns for people serving their communities
Category: Blog Certify your service and stay on track for public service loan forgiveness
Category: Press release CFPB Spotlights Borrower Complaints About Student Loan Servicers Mishandling Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Category: Blog Certify your service: Guides to Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Becoming credit visible
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Study Finds Consumers in Lower-income Areas are More Likely to Become Credit Visible Due to Negative Records
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Complaints from Older Consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the People and Places Conference
Category: Blog A snapshot of complaints made by older consumers
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 23
Category: Report CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale: Scale development technical report
Category: Blog Our office of Servicemember Affairs guides you through the financial hurdles of your military career
Category: Report The Office of Servicemember Affairs: Charting our course through the military lifecycle
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds That 9 in 10 of the Highest-Risk Student Loan Borrowers Were Not Enrolled in Affordable Repayment Plans
Category: Blog New data documents a disturbing cycle of defaults for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB Issues $1.25 Million Fine to Servicemember Auto Lender for Violating Consent Order
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2017
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Finds Some Student Loan and Mortgage Servicers Illegally Fail to Provide Protections to Borrowers
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 22
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Student Loan Complaints
Category: Blog Understanding Consumer Experiences: Insights from CFPB’s 2016 Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Report 2016 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 21
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 20
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Bad information about your college enrollment status can cost you
Category: Blog Increasing transparency in the student loan servicing market
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 19
Category: Blog Tips for student loan borrowers