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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.

CFPB anuncia el comienzo del proceso normativo para eliminar las facturas médicas de los informes de crédito de la gente.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching a rulemaking to block medical debt collectors from weaponizing the credit reporting system to coerce patients into paying bills they may not even owe.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance about certain legal requirements that lenders must adhere to when using artificial intelligence and other complex models.

Las marcas de reparación de crédito más grandes del país, incluyendo Lexington Law y CreditRepair.com, perpetraron por muchos años un plan para recaudar ilegalmente miles de millones de dólares en tarifas.

Largest credit repair brands in America, including Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com, perpetrated yearslong scheme to illegally harvest billions in fees.

The United States has a long history of recognizing the sanctity of protecting against unwanted intrusions into our homes and our lives.

Director Chopra provided prepared remarks at an event hosted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on tenant rights.

Director Chopra provided remarks on an interagency press conference to announce the Joint Statement on Enforcement Efforts Against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems.

CFPB Office of Servicemember Affairs Assistant Director Jim Rice discusses recent CFPB efforts to understand the veteran financial experience, enforce the law, and coordinate efforts across the federal government and in the states.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched an inquiry into companies that track and collect information on people’s personal lives.

La CFPB ha lanzado una averiguación sobre las compañías que siguen y recolectan información personal de la gente.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an annual report that details improvements and deficiencies in the nationwide consumer reporting companies’ responses to consumer complaints transmitted by the CFPB.

Esta compañía cobró tarifas y reportó de forma inexacta información crediticia de propietarios a pesar de las protecciones establecidas durante la era de la pandemia.

Company wrongly charged fees and inaccurately reported homeowner credit information despite pandemic-era housing protections.

Los examinadores de la agencia encuentran violaciones a la ley en muchos productos y servicios financieros.

Agency examiners find legal violations across consumer financial products and services.

When consumer reporting companies and furnishers fail to investigate disputed information, consumers are left paying higher interest rates and face greater difficulty finding housing, employment.

Effort seeks to address false information on the credit reports of children in foster care and the general public.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an analysis of how actions announced by the three largest national consumer reporting companies – Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion -- will affect people who have allegedly unpaid medical debt on their credit reports.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) penalized Hyundai Capital America (Hyundai) for repeatedly providing inaccurate information to nationwide consumer reporting companies and failing to take proper measures to address inaccurate information once it was identified between 2016 and 2020.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a legal interpretation to ensure that companies that use and share credit reports and background reports have a permissible purpose under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule affirming states’ abilities to protect their residents through their own fair credit reporting laws.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule to help survivors avoid some of the financial consequences of human trafficking. The CFPB has established, among other things, a method for survivors of trafficking to submit documentation to credit reporting companies that identifies any adverse item of information that resulted from human trafficking. The rule prohibits credit reporting companies from providing a report containing the adverse items of information.

Deputy Director Martinez delivered keynote remarks at the 2022 Consumer Assembly on June 15, 2022.