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Category: Blog The right shoes and common sense can help your preteen gain financial ground
Category: Blog When your child learns self-control, it helps their financial future, too
Category: Blog Cuando su hijo aprende el autocontrol, también ayuda a su futuro financiero
Category: Blog Servicemembers: Protecting your credit when you’re away from home
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Blog This month’s Complaint Report: Credit reporting issues
Category: Blog Newly arrived and in need of help navigating our financial system
Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story
Category: Blog The newcomer’s guides to managing money
Category: Speech Statement by CFPB Director Richard Cordray on GAO Workplace Financial Literacy Report
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ROADS to Financial Independence Launch
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Financial Well-Being Initiative Targeted To People With Disabilities
Category: Blog Here’s why childhood is an important time to learn about money
Category: Blog He aquí por qué la niñez es un buen momento para aprender sobre el dinero
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Financial Literacy and Education Commission Meeting
Category: Blog The launch of the CFPB financial coaching initiative
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Financial Coaching Initiative
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Financial Coaching Launch
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Blog Sprint and Verizon will refund $120 million to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Nationwide Biweekly for Luring Consumers with False Promises of Mortgage Savings
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds 26 Million Consumers Are Credit Invisible
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Credit Reporting Press Call
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of David Silberman Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Jump$tart Coalition Awards
Category: Op-ed Working to advance financial education in schools
Category: Blog More financial empowerment tools for communities
Category: Blog Millions of consumers will now have access to credit scores and reports through nonprofit counselors
Category: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Press release CFPB and Navajo Nation Take Action to Stop an Illegal Tax-Refund Scheme
Category: Blog The VA doesn’t send you mortgage ads
Category: Blog We’re suing a robo-call debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Participants in Robo-Call Phantom Debt Collection Operation
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Nationwide Effort to Advance Financial Education in Schools
Category: Report Advancing K-12 financial education: A guide for policymakers
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against “Bad Check” Debt Collector
Category: Blog Here’s why you should open a savings account for your kids
Category: Blog Getting young people on the path to financial success
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Financial Literacy and Education Commission Meeting
Category: Blog You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
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: Blog No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
Category: Blog More momentum for promoting tools for social services programs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Financial Services Roundtable Event on Financial Education
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Op-ed What we really need to be better off financially
Category: Blog 4 elements define personal financial well-being
Category: Blog 5 reasons to check out our Owning a Home tools now
Category: Blog The holidays give you an opportunity to show your kids how money works
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Sprint for Cramming Consumers with Unauthorized Third-Party Charges
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: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
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 Here’s how medical debt hurts your credit report
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Columbus Metropolitan Library
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Bank On 2.0 Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Financial Literacy and Education Commission Meeting
Category: Blog Helping more consumers use our services in other languages
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against M&T Bank for Deceptively Advertising Free Checking
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the President’s Advisory Council
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Online Payday Lender for Cash-Grab Scam
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: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Report Financial wellness at work
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Report to Promote Financial Wellness in the Workplace
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Report Building financial capability in youth employment programs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Blog A new school year, a new resource for parents and kids
Category: Blog Your Money, Your Goals: Financial empowerment tools for social services
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Nationwide Effort to Provide Financial Education and Tools to Low-Income Consumers
Category: Blog Closing the book on Colfax
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Don’t fall for a foreclosure relief scam or bogus legal help
Category: Blog Helping build financial capability across America
Category: Blog Three years of standing up for consumers
Category: Report 2014 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the U.S. Programme for International Student Assessment Financial Literacy Data Release
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring