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Category: Blog Should I use a home equity loan to refinance my student loans?
Category: Blog The graduate’s guide: Your first job
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Florida Company From Engaging in Illegal Debt-Relief Practices
Category: Press release The CFPB Takes Action Against Real Estate Kickbacks
Category: Blog Should I refinance my student loan?
Category: Blog Student Debt Domino Effect?
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Category: Report Student loan affordability
Category: Speech Director Richard Cordray Remarks at Field Hearing on Student Loan Debt
Category: Blog Live from Miami-Dade, Florida
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Two Companies for Charging Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Blog The best legal externship money can’t buy
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Investing in Our Future Conference
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: Blog You just got your college acceptance letter. Now what?
Category: Press release The CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Insurers to End Kickbacks to Lenders
Category: Speech Press Call on Enforcement Action Against Mortgage Insurers to End Kickbacks to Lenders
Category: Blog Reminder: Sound off on our student loan affordability initiative
Category: Blog Our proposed rule on student loan servicers
Category: Speech Press Call on Proposed Rule on Student Loan Servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Before Independent Community Bankers of America
Category: Testimony Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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 Credit Union National Association
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Consumer Advisory Board meeting
Category: Blog Partnering in an information sharing agreement with the Navajo Nation to protect tribal consumers
Category: Blog Your two cents on student cards and bank accounts
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Inquiry on Campus Financial Products
Category: Press release CFPB and State Partners Obtain Refunds for Consumers Charged Illegal Debt-Relief Fees
Category: Blog A joint enforcement action with states to stop illegal advance fees
Category: Report 2012 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for Student Loans
Category: Blog Paying for college [beta]
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Alleged Nationwide Mortgage Loan Modification Scams
Category: Blog VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Press Conference with Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Category: Blog The CFPB’s summer internships: “it gave me the specific experience I needed”
Category: Blog The CFPB’s summer internships: “part of something special”
Category: Blog The CFPB’s summer internships: “a unique and exciting combination of purpose and circumstances”
Category: Blog The CFPB’s summer internships: “one of the best opportunities in government”
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Increases in Dollar Thresholds in Regulation Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog More than 500 colleges agree to adopt financial aid shopping sheet
Category: Blog Launching the college credit card agreement database
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the National Consumer Law Center Conference
Category: Op-ed Debt Déjà Vu for Students
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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face Roadblocks to Repayment
Category: Blog Order: American Express is responsible for compensating customers for illegal practices
Category: Speech Remarks by Kent Markus in an American Express Enforcement Action Press Phone Call
Category: Blog Consumers expect, and deserve, that companies follow the rules
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $85 Million Refund to Consumers Harmed by Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on the Press Call on FDIC and CFPB Joint Enforcement Action
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 Enforcing consumer protections by gathering information for investigations
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Student Banking 101
Category: Blog Research updates on private student loans
Category: Speech Remarks by Rohit Chopra to the Congressional Forum on Student Loans
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Blog Meet Julio from Florida
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Report Showcasing 2012 Highlights
Category: Speech Remarks by Hollister K. Petraeus at the Department of Defense Worldwide Education Symposium
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Rohit Chopra Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray in a Press Call About the “Financial Aid Shopping Sheet”
Category: Blog Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
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: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray for the Private Student Loan Report Press Call
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray on CFPB Enforcement Action
Category: Blog How will the Capital One order handle refunds?
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 $140 Million Consumer Refund
Category: Blog Working together to empower consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Holly Petraeus at the Attorneys General Announcement on GI Bill Lead Generators Press Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the American Constitution Society Conference
Category: Blog Thousands of voices on private student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Private Student Loan Borrower Comments
Category: Blog New rules governing the CFPB’s enforcement work
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a White House Press Briefing on Student Loan Transparency
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Director Richard Cordray at the Michigan State University College of Law Commencement
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray Before the 2012 Simon New York City Conference
Category: Blog Accountability in military education
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray Before Jump$tart
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Category: Blog Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Financial Aid Comparison Shopper
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau files amicus brief in truth in lending case
Category: Blog Too Big to Fail: Student debt hits a trillion
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers