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Category: Report Negative Equity Findings from the Auto Finance Data Pilot
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Process to Recognize Open Banking Standards
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry into Junk Fees in Mortgage Closing Costs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Event Convening on Mortgage Closing Costs
Category: Blog The CFPB is protecting the military community and providing relief
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Buy Now, Pay Later Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB actúa en préstamos Compre Hoy y Pague Luego
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Ensure Consumers Can Dispute Charges and Obtain Refunds on Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Western Benefits for Swindling Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra Western Benefits por engañar a prestatarios
Category: Press release CFPB demanda a SoLo Funds por engañar a consumidores
Category: Press release CFPB Sues SoLo Funds for Deceiving Borrowers and Illegally Extracting Fees
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision in CFPB v. CFSA
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Joint Hearing on Airline and Credit Card Rewards Programs
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Frustrations with Credit Card Rewards Programs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Chime Financial for Illegally Delaying Consumer Refunds
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Require National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to Pay More than $5 Million for Student Loan Servicing Failures
Category: Blog More competition and less complexity: How the CFPB is working to lower prices in the credit card market
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: Press release CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
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 Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB toma acción contra BloomTech y Austen Allred
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to Connecticut State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Violations of Credit Report Accuracy Requirements, Including for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 32 (Spring 2024)
Category: Press release CFPB revela violaciones a requisitos de reporte de crédito
Category: Report CFPB FY 2023 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Report to Congress
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Trends in discount points amid rising interest rates
Category: Blog Compañías de informes de crédito deben corregir errores
Category: Blog Consumer reporting companies have an obligation to correct errors
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for CBA Live
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to California State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer Advisory: Opportunity to cancel student loan debt ends soon
Category: Press release CFPB Prohíbe el Cobro de Excesivas Penalidades por Atraso en Tarjetas de Crédito, la Tarifa Típica Baja de $32 a $8
Category: Press release CFPB Bans Excessive Credit Card Late Fees, Lowers Typical Fee from $32 to $8
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Final Rule to Close the Credit Card Late Fee Loophole
Category: Press release CFPB Emite Directrices para Regir los Resultados Arreglados de Comparaciones de Tarjetas de Crédito y Otros Productos Financieros
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Rein in Rigged Comparison-Shopping Results for Credit Cards and Other Financial Products
Category: Blog Credit card interest rate margins at all-time high
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Large Banks Charge Higher Credit Card Interest Rates than Small Banks and Credit Unions
Category: Report Credit card data: Small issuers offer lower rates
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 La CFPB Enfrenta la Emisión de Reportes de Antecedentes Inexactos e Inapropiadas Prácticas de Entrega de Archivos Crediticios
Category: Press release CFPB Addresses Inaccurate Background Check Reports and Sloppy Credit File Sharing Practices
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Federal Student Loan Return to Repayment
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB Identifica los Retos que Enfrentan los Prestatarios con la Reanudación de los Pagos a Préstamos Estudiantiles
Category: Press release CFPB Report Identifies Challenges Faced by Borrowers in Resumption of Student Loan Payments
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Federal Student Loan Return to Repayment Issue Spotlight
Category: Office of Research Publication The Neighborhood Geography of Mortgage Lending
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: Blog Office of Research blog: A look at cash-out refinance mortgages and their borrowers between 2013 to 2023
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2023: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Testimony Opening Statement of Director Rohit Chopra before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Testimony Opening Statement of Director Rohit Chopra before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB and 11 States Order Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Toyota Motor Credit to Pay $60 Million for Illegal Lending and Credit Reporting Misconduct
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlighting Consumer Protection Issues in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2023
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citi to Pay $25.9 Million for Intentional, Illegal Discrimination Against Armenian Americans
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Press Call for CFPB’s Enforcement Action against Citi for Illegal Discrimination Targeting Armenian-Americans
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra Citi por discriminar a consumidores
Category: Blog Servicemembers continue to face major financial challenges
Category: Press release Tarjetas de crédito cobran cifra récord en 2022
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Credit Card Companies Charged Consumers Record-High $130 Billion in Interest and Fees in 2022
Category: Report Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Enforcement Director Eric Halperin on the TransUnion Enforcement Actions
Category: Press release CFPB and FTC Take Actions Against TransUnion for Illegal Rental Background Check and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Press release CFPB y FTC Toman Medidas Contra TransUnion por Usar Prácticas Ilegales en Verificaciones de Antecedentes para Alquileres y en la emisión de informes de crédito
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on a Press Call on Junk Fees
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: Blog The law requires companies to delete disputed unverified information from consumer reports
Category: Press release CFPB Mortgage Report Finds Jumps in Closing Costs and Denials for Insufficient Income, Growing Proportion of Cash-Out Refinances
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: 2022 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: People have the right to cancel credit repair services
Category: Consumer advisories Consejos al consumidor: La Gente tiene Derecho a Cancelar Servicios de Reparación de Crédito
Category: Press release CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Pone en Marcha la Creación de Normativa para Eliminar Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris