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Category: Blog Easy-to-remember guidelines help people reduce credit card debt
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Experiences With Debt Collection: Findings From the CFPB’s Survey on Consumer Views on Debt
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 18
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Collection Complaints
Category: Report 2016 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Consumer Credit Trends Tool to Help Forecast Potential Consumer Risks
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Bank Marketing Deals With Colleges Can Mean Costly Fees and Risks for Students
Category: Blog Who are the Credit Invisible?
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 17
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Settlement, Check Cashing, and Other Financial Service Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry Into Challenges Consumers Face in Using and Securely Sharing Access to Their Digital Financial Records
Category: Blog Technology is changing how people access their financial records. Share your story.
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Field Hearing on Consumer Access to Financial Records
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Financial Institutions About Potential Mortgage Lending Reporting Failures
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 16
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Prepaid Product Complaints
Category: Blog Financial coaching can benefit consumers
Category: Report Financial Coaching: A Strategy to Improve Financial Well-Being
Category: Report Final Report of Findings: Post-Proposal Testing of Prepaid Card Disclosures
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Strong Federal Protections for Prepaid Account Consumers
Category: Blog We’re exploring the use of a list of companies that offer free credit scores
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Updated Exam Procedures for Military Lending Act
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray to Corporation for Enterprise Development Assets Learning Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving
Category: Office of Research Publication Tools for saving: Using prepaid accounts to set aside funds
Category: Press release Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2015 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 15
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray, Director, CFPB Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Cientos de miles de cuentas creadas en secreto por los empleados de Wells Fargo Bank resultan en una multa histórica de $100 millones por parte del CFPB
Category: Blog Hundreds of thousands of accounts secretly created by Wells Fargo Bank employees leads to historic $100 million fine from the CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the Wells Fargo Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice of Secretly Opening Unauthorized Accounts
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 Orders First National Bank of Omaha to Pay $32.25 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Office of Research Publication Study of third-party debt collection operations
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 13
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog Researchers – Share your work at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Auto And Other Consumer Loan Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 12
Category: Office of Research Publication Supplemental findings on payday, payday installment, and vehicle title loans, and deposit advance products
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 on the Auto Title Lending Research Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Single-Payment Vehicle Title Lending
Category: Blog Research finds one-in-five auto title loan borrowers have their vehicle seized
Category: Press release CFPB Finds One-in-Five Auto Title Loan Borrowers Have Vehicle Seized for Failing to Repay Debt
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2015
Category: Report Testing of Bankruptcy Periodic Statement Forms for Mortgage Servicing
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report , Vol. 10
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Payday Lending Research Report Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Half of Online Payday Borrowers Rack Up an Average of $185 in Bank Penalties
Category: Blog New research shows online payday loan borrowers rack up steep fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Online Payday Loan Payments
Category: Report 2015 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights High Rate of Debt Collection Complaints From Servicemembers and Their Families
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Dwolla for Misrepresenting Data Security Practices
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Acting Deputy Director David Silberman Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 7
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 6
Category: Blog 6 tips for using your credit card this season
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Federation of America
Category: Press release CFPB Finds CARD Act Helped Consumers Avoid More Than $16 Billion in Gotcha Credit Card Fees
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 5
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 4
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog CFPB’s new rule will shine light on mortgage market practices
Category: Blog What’s that chip doing on my credit card?
Category: Report Student loan servicing
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: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 2
Category: Blog You have the right to a fair financial marketplace
Category: Blog Citibank to refund $700 million to credit card customers for unfair and deceptive practices
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citibank to Pay $700 Million in Consumer Relief for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 1
Category: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Continue To Face Roadblocks From Student Loan Servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Academic Research Council
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule Aimed at Improving Credit Card Agreement Submission Process
Category: Report 2014 Consumer Response annual report
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 Study Finds That Arbitration Agreements Limit Relief for Consumers
Category: Report Arbitration Study: Report to Congress 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks to Improve Process for Industry Submission of Consumer Credit Card Agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Card Company to Refund $2.7 Million for Charging Illegal Credit Card Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Nearly Half of Borrowers Do Not Shop for a Mortgage