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Category: Press release CFPB: consumidores pagan más por estructuras de precios complejas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Research Finding Higher Price Complexity Leads Consumers to Pay More
Category: Office of Research Publication Price Complexity in Laboratory Markets
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in 2023 down more than 50% versus pre-pandemic levels, saving consumers over $6 billion annually
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
Category: Press release La CFPB Propone Normativa para Cerrar el Vacío Legal sobre los Sobregiros Bancarios que le Cuesta Miles de Millones de Dólares a los Consumidores del País
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Overdraft Lending Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Report Showing Many Americans Are Surprised by Overdraft Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel
Category: Report 2023 College banking and credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Many College-Sponsored Financial Products Charge High and Unusual Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Atlantic Union Bank to Pay $6.2 Million for Illegal Overdraft Fee Harvesting
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on a Press Call on Junk Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Halt Large Banks from Charging Illegal Junk Fees for Basic Customer Service
Category: Press release CFPB examina devolver $140 millones a consumidores
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Update Special Edition, Issue 31, Fall 2023
Category: Report Vast majority of NSF fees have been eliminated, saving consumers nearly $2 billion annually
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Return $140 Million to Consumers Hit by Illegal Junk Fees in Banking, Auto Loans, and Remittances
Category: Press release CFPB Emite Directrices para Impedir que Grandes Bancos Cobren Tarifas Inesperadas Ilegales por Servicios Básicos de Atención al Cliente
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in Q4 2022 down nearly 50% versus pre-pandemic levels
Category: Report Trends in overdraft/non-sufficient fund (NSF) fee revenue and practices
Category: Report Consumer experiences with overdraft programs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the April 2023 Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Blog Mientras la deuda de tarjetas de crédito alcanza un nuevo pico, en la CFPB nos enfocamos en aumentar la competencia y reducir los costos
Category: Blog As outstanding credit card debt hits new high, the CFPB is focusing on ways to increase competition and reduce costs
Category: Testimony Testimony of CFPB Senior Advisor Brian Shearer on Junk Fees Before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities Committee
Category: Speech Deputy Director Martinez’s Prepared Remarks at the Consumer Law Scholars Conference
Category: Report Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenue declines significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Rein in Excessive Credit Card Late Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds High Fees Charged on Student Banking Products Endorsed by Colleges
Category: Report 2022 College banking and credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Regions Bank to Pay $191 Million for Illegal Surprise Overdraft Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Hello Digit for Lying to Consumers About Its Automated Savings Algorithm
Category: Blog Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenues evolve along with their policies
Category: Press release CFPB Moves to Reduce Junk Fees Charged by Debt Collectors
Category: Press release CFPB Initiates Review of Credit Card Company Penalty Policies Costing Consumers $12 Billion Each Year
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Chopra on Credit Card Late Fees ANPR Press Call
Category: Blog Measuring the impact of financial institution overdraft programs on consumers
Category: Blog Consumers on course to save $1 billion in NSF fees annually, but some banks continue to charge these fees
Category: Blog Overdraft fees can price people out of banking
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit card late fees
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Credit Card Companies Charged $12 Billion in Late Fee Penalties in 2020
Category: Blog CFPB Extends Opportunity for Public to Provide Input on Junk Fees
Category: Blog Comparing overdraft fees and policies across banks
Category: Blog The hidden cost of junk fees
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Initiative to Save Americans Billions in Junk Fees
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Junk Fees RFI Press Call
Category: Blog Americans pay $120 billion in credit card interest and fees each year
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Checking Account Overdraft at Financial Institutions Served by Core Processors
Category: Press release CFPB Research Shows Banks’ Deep Dependence on Overdraft Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Overdraft/NSF Fee Reliance Since 2015 – Evidence from Bank Call Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Overdraft Press Call
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with TD Bank for Illegal Overdraft Practices
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Plan to Review Rules Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Category: Blog Respondemos las 5 preguntas más importantes sobre cuentas corrientes
Category: Blog Your top five questions about checking accounts answered
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles With TCF National Bank
Category: Blog Consumer experiences with overdraft programs
Category: Report Consumer voices on overdraft programs
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2017
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Recovers $14 Million in First Half of 2017 for Over 100,000 Consumers Harmed by Illegal Practices
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Overdraft Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Prototypes of "Know Before You Owe" Overdraft Disclosure Designed to Make Costs and Risks Easier to Understand
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Frequent overdrafters
Category: Blog Know Before You Owe: We are designing new overdraft disclosure forms
Category: Blog Understanding the Overdraft “Opt-in” Choice
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Santander Bank to Pay $10 Million Fine for Illegal Overdraft Practices
Category: Blog New insights on bank overdraft fees and 4 ways to avoid them
Category: Blog Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Regions Bank $7.5 Million for Unlawful Overdraft Practices
Category: Blog You’ve got options when it comes to overdraft
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director Cara Petersen on the Regions Bank Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Small Debit Purchases Lead to Expensive Overdraft Charges
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Checking account overdraft
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Overdraft Data Point Press Call
Category: Report The CFPB study of overdraft programs
Category: Press release CFPB Report Raises Concerns About Impact of Overdraft Practices on Consumers
Category: Blog Meet Greg from Michigan
Category: Blog Comment period on overdrafts extended to June 29
Category: Blog What’s your status when it comes to overdraft coverage?
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry into Overdraft Practices