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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: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: You don’t have to pay someone to help with your student loan
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Auto Lenders to Refund Approximately $6.5 Million to Servicemembers
Category: Blog Save the date, Portland, Maine!
Category: Press release The CFPB Issues Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Blog Explainer: Changes to federal student loan interest rates
Category: Blog Should I use a home equity loan to refinance my student loans?
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 The CFPB Establishes Framework to Better Coordinate with State Regulators
Category: Blog Should I refinance my student loan?
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Category: Report Student loan affordability
Category: Blog Live from Miami-Dade, Florida
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: Blog Save the date, Miami-Dade County, Florida!
Category: Press release CFPB Statement on Deposit Advance Product Announcements by Banking Regulators
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 Reminder: Sound off on our student loan affordability initiative
Category: Blog Reporting to Congress about fair debt collection
Category: Report Annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Blog Our proposed rule on student loan servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Blog Come be our ‘boots on the ground’ – join our supervision team!
Category: Blog What can students do to protect themselves?
Category: Blog So, how do I submit a complaint?
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at a Meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog Student debt and schools
Category: Blog Student debt and health care
Category: Blog Help stop the student debt domino effect
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes First Step to Develop Student Loan Affordability Plan
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Mortgage Servicers About Legal Protections for Consumers When Transferring Loans
Category: Press release CFPB and State Partners Obtain Refunds for Consumers Charged Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Student Loans
Category: Blog Realigning our supervision work
Category: Blog Paying for college [beta]
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 CFPB Halts Alleged Nationwide Mortgage Loan Modification Scams
Category: Blog VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues warning to nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies
Category: Blog More than 500 colleges agree to adopt financial aid shopping sheet
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Companies Against Misleading Consumers with False Mortgage Advertisements
Category: Press release Federal Housing Finance Agency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Partner on Development of National Mortgage Database
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
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: Report 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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face Roadblocks to Repayment
Category: Blog Save the date, Seattle, Washington!
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $85 Million Refund to Consumers Harmed by Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) examination procedures
Category: Press release Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Order Discover to Pay $200 Million Consumer Refund for Deceptive Marketing
Category: Blog Research updates on private student loans
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Blog Meet Julio from Florida
Category: Blog Foreclosure help is free, and scams are expensive
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
Category: Office of Research Publication Private Student Loans Report
Category: Press release CFPB and U.S. Department of Education Joint Report Finds a Cycle of Boom and Bust in Private Student Loan Market
Category: Blog Pushing forward on the CFPB’s financial aid comparison tool
Category: Press release CFPB Probe into Capital One Credit Card Marketing Results in $140 Million Consumer Refund
Category: Blog How to stop mystery credit card fees
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Live from Detroit, MI!
Category: Press release CFPB to Supervise Credit Reporting
Category: Blog Notice about possible debt consolidation scam
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and prudential regulators issue joint guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that impact servicemembers
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: Press release CFPB Publishes Private Student Loan Borrower Comments
Category: Press release Agencies Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Supervisory Coordination
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Blog Accountability in military education
Category: Blog Fair Notice on Fair Lending
Category: Press release CFPB to Pursue Discriminatory Lenders
Category: Blog Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Financial Aid Comparison Shopper
Category: Blog Too Big to Fail: Student debt hits a trillion
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2012
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes rule for the protection of privileged information
Category: Speech Prepared remarks by Richard Cordray before the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog Our student loan complaint system is open for business
Category: Press release CFPB Now Taking Private Student Loan Complaints
Category: Blog Our second National Consumer Protection Week
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry into Overdraft Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Supervise Larger Participants in Consumer Debt Collection and Consumer Reporting Markets