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Category: Blog Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Takes First Action Against ‘Buy-Here, Pay-Here’ Auto Dealer
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Report Study of Prepaid Account Agreements
Category: Report Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Prepaid Card Fee Disclosures
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Debt Collection Tops Older Consumer Complaints
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Blog Live from Long Beach!
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Blog Save the date, Long Beach!
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: Office of Research Publication Manufactured-housing consumer finance in the U.S.
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog Disputing debt you never owed: William’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Checking account overdraft
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Blog Spring 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices In Nonbank Markets
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Medical Debt Overly Penalizes Consumer Credit Scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Medical Debt Study Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Medical debt and credit scores
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Tools To Protect Foster Care Children From Credit Reporting Problems
Category: Report Mid-year report on private student loans 2014
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Payday lending
Category: Speech Director Richard Cordray Remarks at the Payday Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Four Out Of Five Payday Loans Are Rolled Over Or Renewed
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Press release Consumers Report Being Hounded About Debts Not Owed
Category: Speech CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Category: Speech Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference
Category: Blog Behind the numbers: Servicemember complaints
Category: Report Credit reporting complaint snapshot
Category: Blog Now you have better options to dispute a credit report error
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Report Rigorous evaluation of financial capability strategies: Why, when, and how
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE CareCredit to Refund $34.1 Million for Deceptive Health-Care Credit Card Enrollment
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding the effects of certain deposit regulations on financial institutions’ operations
Category: Press release The CFPB Finds Financial Education Programs are Significantly Outspent by Financial Marketing
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the Debt Collection Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Press Call
Category: Blog Your chance to weigh in on debt collection practices
Category: Press release CFPB Considers Debt Collection Rules
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Meracord for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Testimony Director Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the National Baptist Convention
Category: Press release CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Duty to Investigate Consumer Credit Report Disputes
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Morgan Drexen for Charging Illegal Fees and Deceiving Consumers
Category: Testimony Corey Stone Before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CFPB Debt Collection Field Hearing
Category: Blog New ways to combat harmful debt collection practices
Category: Press release The CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Harmful Debt Collection Practices
Category: Blog Live from Portland, Maine!
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Blog Save the date, Portland, Maine!
Category: Speech Steve Antonakes Remarks at “Life of a debt: Data Integrity in Debt Collection”
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Florida Company From Engaging in Illegal Debt-Relief Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Two Companies for Charging Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the SDNY Enforcement Press Conference
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Report White paper on payday loans and deposit advance products
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray at the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago VISA, Inc. Financial Literacy and Education Summit
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Blog Reporting to Congress about fair debt collection
Category: Report Annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Blog Is your credit report wrong? How to find out and fix it
Category: Press release CFPB and State Partners Obtain Refunds for Consumers Charged Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Corey Stone before the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
Category: Report Key Dimensions and Processes in the U.S. Credit Reporting System: A review of how the nation’s largest credit bureaus manage consumer data
Category: Press release CFPB Report Details How the Nation’s Largest Credit Bureaus Manage Consumer Data
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on a Credit Reporting White Paper Press Call
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department pledge to work together to protect consumers from credit discrimination
Category: Blog You have a right to see specialty consumer reports too
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues warning to nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Problems in Market Discovered Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Consumer Law Center Conference
Category: Blog Live from Seattle, WA!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Public Field Hearing on Debt Collection Practices
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Debt Collectors
Category: Press release CFPB Now Taking Complaints on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Now accepting credit reporting complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Making it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Blog Save the date, Seattle, Washington!
Category: Office of Research Publication Analysis of Differences between Consumer- and Creditor-Purchased Credit Scores
Category: Blog Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) examination procedures
Category: Blog Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) examination procedures
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Study Finds Credit Scores Used by Consumers and Lenders Can Differ