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Category: Blog Consumer experiences with debt collection: Findings from our survey
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Two Law Firms for Misrepresenting Attorney Involvement to Collect on Medical Debts
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Student Loan Servicing Problems Can Jeopardize Long-Term Financial Security for Older Borrowers
Category: Report Snapshot of older consumers and student loan debt
Category: Blog Four tips to help older student loan borrowers navigate common problems with their student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Orders TransUnion and Equifax to Pay for Deceiving Consumers in Marketing Credit Scores and Credit Products
Category: Blog What you need to know: Understanding why offers for “your” credit score are not all the same
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 18
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Collection Complaints
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Second Action Against Military Credit Services for Improper Contract Disclosures
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Pawn Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Moneytree for Deceptive Advertising and Collection Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Reverse Mortgage Companies for Deceptive Advertising
Category: Blog Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 17
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Settlement, Check Cashing, and Other Financial Service Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Financial Companies About Sales and Production Incentives That May Lead to Fraud or Consumer Abuse
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Access Funding for Scamming Lead-Paint Poisoning Victims Out of Settlement Money
Category: Blog A Veterans Day complaint review: VA home loan refinancing
Category: Report A snapshot of servicemember complaints: a review of issues related to VA mortgage refinancing
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against B&B Pawnbrokers For Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB and New York Attorney General File Lawsuit Against Illegal Nationwide Debt Collection Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Recovers $11 Million for 225,000 Harmed Consumers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 13 (Fall 2016)
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 16
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Prepaid Product Complaints
Category: Report Annual report of the CFPB student loan ombudsman 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Projects that One-in-Three Rehabilitated Student Loan Borrowers Will Re-default Within Two Years
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Navy Federal Credit Union to Pay $28.5 Million for Improper Debt Collection Actions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Prepaid Accounts Rule Press Call
Category: Blog We’ve issued a new rule to help protect consumers using prepaid accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Updated Exam Procedures for Military Lending Act
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray to the Community Bank Advisory Council
Category: Press release CFPB Orders LendUp to Pay $3.63 Million for Failing to Deliver Promised Benefits
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 15
Category: Blog What happens to you counts
Category: Press release CFPB Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Money Transfer Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Titlemax Parent Company $9 Million for Luring Consumers Into More Costly Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Five Arizona Title Lenders for Failing to Disclose Loan Annual Percentage Rate to Consumers
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray, Director, CFPB Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog What you need to know if you were harmed by Wells Fargo
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: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Bridgepoint Education, Inc. for Illegal Student Lending Practices
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wells Fargo for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
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: Blog We’ve updated our mortgage servicing rules to provide greater protections for mortgage borrowers and other homeowners
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Expands Foreclosure Protections
Category: Blog Working to continually improve the complaint process for all
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Updates To “Know Before You Owe” Mortgage Disclosure Rule
Category: Office of Research Publication Study of third-party debt collection operations
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Considers Proposal to Overhaul Debt Collection Market
Category: Blog We’re working to improve fairness and transparency in the debt collection market for you
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Field Hearing on Debt Collection
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 13
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog Consumers Count: Tools and resources for money decisions
Category: Blog Consumers Count: Responding with resources
Category: Blog Save the date, Sacramento, Calif.!
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Santander Bank to Pay $10 Million Fine for Illegal Overdraft Practices
Category: Blog Consumers Count: Five years standing up for you
Category: Blog La delimitación ilegal: Acción del CFPB y del Departamento de Justicia requiere que el banco BancorpSouth pague millones de dólares a consumidores perjudicados
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2016
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervisory Actions Return $24.5 Million To A Quarter-Million Consumers Harmed By Illegal Activities
Category: Blog Redlining: CFPB and DOJ action requires BancorpSouth Bank to pay millions to harmed consumers
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Auto And Other Consumer Loan Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 12
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Mortgage Servicing Special Edition
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision Finds Mortgage Servicers' Ongoing Technology Failures and Process Breakdowns Trigger Rule Violations
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Annual Dollar Thresholds in Truth in Lending Act Regulations for Certain Credit Transactions
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Payment Processor For Enabling Unauthorized Withdrawals And Other Illegal Acts By Clients
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Rule to End Payday Debt Traps
Category: Blog We’ve proposed a rule to protect consumers from payday debt traps
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Former Wells Fargo Employee for Illegal Mortgage Fee-Shifting
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaints Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 11
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Check Cashing and Payday Lending Company for Tricking and Trapping Consumers
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: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report , Vol. 10
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Halt Illegal Debt Collection Practices By Lawsuit Mill and Debt Buyer
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Co-Founders of Online Lead Aggregator
Category: Blog You have the right to talk to a real person
Category: Report 2015 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 9
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Debt Collection Complaints
Category: Blog You have the right to someone in your financial corner