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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 Project Catalyst research pilot: Tools for saving
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: Blog You have the right to pay off your student loan as fast as you can, without a penalty
Category: Blog How to avoid credit repair service scams
Category: Blog La deuda estudiantil afecta considerablemente a las comunidades de color
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray, Director, CFPB Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog The significant impact of student debt on communities of color
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 Be your family’s financial action hero during an emergency
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Bridgepoint Education, Inc. for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Blog ¿Tomó préstamos estudiantiles para asistir al ITT Tech? Pues, debe saber que tiene opciones.
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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unveils Youth Financial Education Initiatives
Category: Report Building Blocks to Help Youth Achieve Financial Capability: A new model and recommendations
Category: Blog Did you take out student loans to attend ITT Tech? You have options.
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: Press release CFPB Orders First National Bank of Omaha to Pay $32.25 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wells Fargo for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog CFPB announces 30 new Your Money, Your Goals partners to help low-income consumers
Category: Blog Trying to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan? Avoid #ApplicationAbyss with our tips and resources.
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Consumers Complain Of Needless Hurdles In Applying For Lower Student Loan Payments
Category: Report Midyear Update on Student Loan Complaints
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 Consumers Count: Tools and resources for money decisions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Student Loan Servicing Press Call
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: 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: 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: Press release CFPB Unveils Student Loan 'Payback Playbook' to Provide Borrowers With Personalized Snapshot of Repayment Options
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Loan Payback Playbook Press Call
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: 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: Blog Creating your own financial rules to live by
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights High Rate of Debt Collection Complaints From Servicemembers and Their Families
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Illegal Student Debt Relief Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2016
Category: Blog 3 tips to help you make the most of your tax refund
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: 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: Blog Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Report Mobile financial services: A summary of comments from the public on opportunities, challenges, and risks for the underserved
Category: Press release CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Nationwide Student Financial Aid Scam
Category: Report 2015 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Wins Default Judgment Against Corinthian Colleges for Engaging in a Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Improve Information About Access to Credit in the Mortgage Market
Category: Blog New signs of trouble for student loan borrowers
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: Press release CFPB Concerned About Widespread Servicing Failures Reported by Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Increasing saving at tax time and promising practices for the field
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Facilitate Access to Credit in Rural and Underserved Areas
Category: Blog When you make student loan payments on an income-driven plan, you might be in for a payment shock
Category: Blog Americans with disabilities have the right to improve their financial lives
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for Illegal Recurring Billing Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Discover Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
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: Blog It’s not too late to share your #studentdebtstress story
Category: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts