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Along with the U.S. Department of Education, today we announced more than $480 million in forgiveness for borrowers who took out Corinthian College's...

In the six months since we announced the release of Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs, organizations...

Today, we're asking several players in the student loan industry to find out what progress they've made. We're looking to find out what loan modification...

Savings and income are part of financial well-being, but we learned that they’re not always the most important part. Instead, when people talked about their own financial well-being, four main elements came to light.

This week, we're launching our latest effort to help you navigate the market, ask the questions, and take the steps that will help you to find the mortgage...

We shop to find the best price for laptops or appliances, but a report of recent mortgage borrowers found that almost half of us don't shop around for a...

Servicemembers, veterans and military families have submitted more than 11,000 debt collection complaints to the CFPB since we began accepting them in July...

For all of you faced with student loan payments and crafting New Year’s resolutions to conquer your debt, we’ve put together some tips to help you navigate through the noise.

In the next few months most U.S. households will be filing their tax returns. The holidays are over and it's worth taking a few minutes now to think ahead...

The holiday season provides a particularly good opportunity to reach kids with some basic money attitudes. Your children absorb what you say and what you...

Our investigation found that the companies illegally filed thousands of lawsuits in Virginia against consumers who didn't live or purchase goods there: over...

An estimated 43 million Americans are dealing with medical debt. Debt collection is the top complaint we’ve received since September 2013 and medical collections make up 52 percent of collection accounts on credit reports, far outpacing all other types of debt. Learn more about how you can keep medical debt in check.

Since September 2013, debt collection has been the top complaint at the CFPB. A staggering 52 percent of all collection accounts on credit reports are...

For those people not familiar with our role, we are an independent, impartial, and confidential resource that assists consumers and companies in informally resolving issues with the CFPB.

Thanksgiving is a great time to touch base with your family and make sure that everyone is doing well, physically, mentally, and financially.

We encourage all consumers to check their credit report regularly, but we want to especially encourage veterans who use this benefit to be sure that their...

We're proposing new disclosure requirements that consumers would receive before deciding to open a prepaid account. Currently, each prepaid card company's...

We're working to reach more people with our services and information, and we could use your help. We're proposing a Language Access Plan, as part of our...

Our new report summarizes complaints from private student loan borrowers about difficulties faced when working with a lender or servicer to avoid default...

Imagina que alguien te dice que tú debes dinero por una deuda que ya pagaste. ¿Te molesta y te frustra, verdad? Además, te cuesta más dinero y más tiempo.

Imagine being told that you owe money for a debt you've already paid. It's not only annoying, but frustrating, right? Not to mention expensive and...

We’re glad Venida got the help she needed, and we want to make sure that you know that we’re here for you too.

El año pasado, presentamos, junto con el Departamento de Justicia, una queja contra el National City Bank (National City) por discriminación en los precios...

Last year, together with the Department of Justice, we filed a complaint against National City Bank (National City) for discriminating in mortgage loan...

We announced a lawsuit against for-profit college chain Corinthian Colleges, Inc. We allege that the company lured in tens of thousands of students to take...