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Category: Blog Why you should be suspicious of government logos
Category: Blog Prepare your finances for emergencies
Category: Blog VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
Category: Blog Don’t take a bath on a flood-damaged car
Category: Blog Buyer beware – Potentially deceptive mortgage ads are targeting veterans and older Americans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Companies Against Misleading Consumers with False Mortgage Advertisements
Category: Blog Honoring those who have worn the uniform, working for military families
Category: Blog Checklist to rebuild your finances
Category: Blog Protecting and rebuilding your finances after a disaster
Category: Blog Avoiding loan scams after a natural disaster
Category: Report The Next Front? Student Loan Servicing and the Cost to Our Men and Women in Uniform
Category: Blog The next front? Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Face Hurdles in Accessing Student Loan Benefits
Category: Blog More than 70 percent of people with 401(k)s don’t realize they’re paying fees
Category: Speech Remarks by Hollister K. Petraeus at the Department of Defense Worldwide Education Symposium
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
Category: Blog How to stop mystery credit card fees
Category: Blog So how many consumer reporting companies are there?
Category: Blog Working together to empower consumers
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Holly Petraeus at the Attorneys General Announcement on GI Bill Lead Generators Press Conference
Category: Speech Written Testimony of Holly Petraeus before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Help for Military Homeowners
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and prudential regulators issue joint guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that impact servicemembers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Guidance for Mortgage Servicers Press Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Holly Petraeus at Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Guidance for Mortgage Servicers Press Conference
Category: Blog Protecting Older Americans from financial abuse
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry on Elder Financial Abuse
Category: Blog Thousands of voices on private student loans
Category: Blog Update: Notice about possible “sweepstakes” scam
Category: Blog Help the CFPB solve the most common consumer mistakes
Category: Blog Notice about possible “sweepstakes” scam
Category: Blog New HAMP enhancements will help military homeowners
Category: Testimony Testimony of Camille Busette before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and D.C.
Category: Blog Taking your kids to work is a great time to talk about money
Category: Blog Accountability in military education
Category: Blog Something Good in Memphis
Category: Blog Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
Category: Blog CFPB promotes Financial Literacy Month
Category: Blog Remittance transfer rule: A personal perspective
Category: Press release CFPB Invites Consumers to Ask CFPB
Category: Blog Learning to speak financial products and services
Category: Blog Making new partners at our first VSO-MSO town hall
Category: Blog Our second National Consumer Protection Week
Category: Blog Notice about possibly malicious emails
Category: Blog Set a goal and start a savings habit
Category: Press release Holly Petraeus Statement on Senate Help Committee Report on Military Education Benefits
Category: Blog What’s your status when it comes to overdraft coverage?
Category: Blog Office of Financial Education begins listening tour in New York
Category: Blog CFPB helps volunteer tax preparers promote tax refund savings
Category: Press release Holly Petraeus Statement on the Servicemember Protections in the Mortgage Servicing Settlement
Category: Blog Five ways to keep more of your tax refund
Category: Press release Federal and State Officials Announce New Law Enforcement Partnership to Protect Military Community
Category: Speech Remarks by Hollister K. Petraeus at For-Profit College Forum
Category: Blog Financial Fitness Forum
Category: Blog Live: Holly Petraeus kicks off our Financial Fitness Forum
Category: Press release SIGTARP, CFPB, and Treasury form Joint Task Force to Combat HAMP Mortgage Modification Scams; Release a Consumer Fraud Alert to Protect Homeowners
Category: Blog Honoring veterans
Category: Blog Plan your spending to avoid holiday debt
Category: Blog Protecting military members from predatory lending
Category: Speech Testimony of Hollister K. Petraeus before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release Holly Petraeus Statement on Treasury Action to Help Struggling Military Homeowners
Category: Blog Help for struggling military homeowners
Category: Blog Seeing servicemembers as “dollar signs in uniform”
Category: Testimony Testimony of Holly Petraeus: Improving Educational Outcomes for Our Military and Veterans
Category: Op-ed For-Profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.I.’s
Category: Press release CFPB Analyzing Financial Products Tailored to Servicemembers
Category: Blog On Our Way
Category: Blog Military advocates on duty
Category: Blog Keeping a good credit score
Category: Testimony Testimony of Elizabeth Warren Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Category: Speech Statement by Holly Petraeus to the forum, Fighting on the Homefront: Wrongful Foreclosures Against Military Families
Category: Blog The CFPB and JAGs: partnering to protect servicemembers
Category: Press release CFPB and Military’s Top Uniformed Lawyers Release Joint Statement of Principles
Category: Blog Financial Education for Moms and All Women
Category: Blog Talking to Our Daughters and Sons about Personal Finance
Category: Blog We want to hear from you: Consumer Education and Engagement at the CFPB
Category: Blog National Financial Literacy Month
Category: Speech Testimony of Hollister K. Petraeus Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Category: Blog Better Together: How NCPW partner agencies are protecting consumers
Category: Blog A Ray of HOPE for American Consumers
Category: Blog Consumer Scams
Category: Blog One Teacher’s Challenge
Category: Blog Building Better Consumer Protection
Category: Testimony Testimony of Holly Petraeus before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs
Category: Blog Holly Petraeus Testifies Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee
Category: Blog Calendars, Credit Cards, and Consumer Education
Category: Op-ed Hearing Directly from Our Servicemembers
Category: Op-ed Welcoming Holly Petraeus to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implementation Team
Category: Press release Treasury Department Announces Holly Petraeus to Establish Office of Servicemember Affairs for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau