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Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
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 Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Blog Reminder: What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Blog Save the date, Milwaukee!
Category: Press release CFPB and State of Maryland Take Action Against “Pay-To-Play” Mortgage Kickback Scheme
Category: Report Complaints Received from Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families 2011-2014
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: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Blog Register for our research conference on consumer finance
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule Aimed at Improving Credit Card Agreement Submission Process
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: Press release CFPB Finalizes Policy to Give Consumers the Opportunity to Voice Publicly Complaints About Financial Companies
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry to Inform Agency Review of the Credit Card Market
Category: Blog We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks to Improve Process for Industry Submission of Consumer Credit Card Agreements
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Report Snapshot of reverse mortgage complaints December 2011 – 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Card Company to Refund $2.7 Million for Charging Illegal Credit Card Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Secures $480 Million in Debt Relief for Current and Former Corinthian Students
Category: Blog Special announcement for Corinthian students
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
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: Blog Nearly half of mortgage borrowers don’t shop around when they buy a home
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Project Catalyst Research Pilot On Consumer Saving
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: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Save the date and call for research papers
Category: Blog Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Social Security disability income shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Report Study of Prepaid Account Agreements
Category: Report Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Prepaid Card Fee Disclosures
Category: Blog Prepaid products: New disclosures to help you compare options
Category: Blog Live from Wilmington!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Prepaid Products Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Strong Federal Protections for Prepaid Products
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Debt Collection Tops Older Consumer Complaints
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Blog Save the date, Wilmington, DE!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Blog Struggling private student loan borrowers are still searching for help
Category: Blog Promoting saving at tax time
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: Press release CFPB Announces Project Catalyst Research Pilot
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Blog Updated mortgage data available
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog National City Bank settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Reminder for steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Blog You could still end up paying interest on a zero percent interest credit card offer
Category: Blog Student loan debt doesn’t have to be scary: Leah’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Blog Alerting colleges about secret banking contracts
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Small Debit Purchases Lead to Expensive Overdraft Charges
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Overdraft Data Point Press Call
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
Category: Blog We’ve extended the comment period for our complaint narrative policy
Category: Press release CFPB Begins Accepting Consumer Complaints on Prepaid Cards and Additional Nonbank Products
Category: Report 2014 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Blog Everyone has a story—what’s yours?
Category: Blog Live from El Paso!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Response Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Proposal Would Give Consumers the Opportunity to Publicly Voice Complaints About Financial Companies
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: Blog Save the date, El Paso!
Category: Blog We’re training housing counselors on the new mortgage servicing rules
Category: Blog What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Blog We participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking (again)
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the GE Capital Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE Capital to Pay $225 Million in Consumer Relief for Deceptive and Discriminatory Credit Card Practices
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Rohit Chopra before the Committee on the Budget
Category: Blog Spring 2014 rulemaking agenda
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