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Category: Blog Four strategies to help youth achieve financial capability
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the Youth Financial Capability Town Hall
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: Blog CFPB announces 30 new Your Money, Your Goals partners to help low-income consumers
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: Press release Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Thresholds for Exempting Certain Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog Researchers – Share your work at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on FINRA Foundation National Financial Capability Study Release
Category: Blog Don’t get taken for a ride; protect yourself from an auto loan you can’t afford
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Auto And Other Consumer Loan Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 12
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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: Blog Usted tiene derecho a que lo traten de manera justa en el mercado financiero
Category: Blog You have the right to be treated fairly in the financial marketplace
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2015
Category: Blog Protecting one’s credit while in the criminal justice system
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: Op-ed Making the most of your tax refund
Category: Report 2015 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog Creating your own financial rules to live by
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: Blog Guides to help you open and manage your checking account
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: Press release CFPB Releases Tool to Help Measure Financial Well-Being
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 Mobile financial services: A summary of comments from the public on opportunities, challenges, and risks for the underserved
Category: Report 2015 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 4
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Improve Information About Access to Credit in the Mortgage Market
Category: Blog CFPB’s new rule will shine light on mortgage market practices
Category: Blog Here’s how coaching can help you meet your financial goals
Category: Blog What’s that chip doing on my credit card?
Category: Report Student loan servicing
Category: Report Increasing saving at tax time and promising practices for the field
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: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Facilitate Access to Credit in Rural and Underserved Areas
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 2
Category: Blog Americans with disabilities have the right to improve their financial lives
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 ROADS to Financial Independence Launch
Category: Blog Working to improve the financial lives of people with disabilities
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Financial Well-Being Initiative Targeted To People With Disabilities
Category: Blog The launch of the CFPB financial coaching initiative
Category: Blog Income from the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Academic Research Council
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2014
Category: Blog More financial empowerment tools for communities
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: Blog You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
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: Press release CFPB Issues Proposal To Facilitate Access To Credit In Rural And Underserved Areas
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: Press release CFPB Report Finds Nearly Half of Borrowers Do Not Shop for a Mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Loopholes In Military Lending Act Rules Rack Up Costs For Servicemembers