Your feedback on Know Before You Owe: Student Loans
Earlier this week, we issued a memorandum to consumers and industry participants who submitted comments on our Know Before You Owe: Student Loans project...
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Hearing your stories on payday lending
Today, the Bureau traveled to Birmingham, Ala., for our first field hearing. We gathered to discuss and collect information on payday lending. The payday...
A video message from Rich Cordray
Rich Cordray, the new Director of the CFPB, has recorded a message about the extraordinary privilege he sees in working on behalf of American consumers.
CFPB mortgage complaint system is up and running
The CFPB is accepting mortgage complaints from consumers who have experienced difficulties in the housing market, including problems related to mortgage...
Live: Holly Petraeus kicks off our Financial Fitness Forum
Today, our Office of Servicemember Affairs is hosting a Financial Fitness Forum in Washington, DC. We've streamed the morning's events, including...
The CFPB Ombudsman’s Office – an independent, impartial, confidential resource
As the nation’s first federal agency focused on consumer financial protection, we have been hard at work putting procedures and mechanisms in place to protect you from unfair, deceptive, and abusive financial practices.
Credit card complaints, by the numbers
We've been taking your complaints on credit cards at the CFPB since we officially opened for business on July 21, 2011. Today, we released an interim report...
Plan your spending to avoid holiday debt
For shoppers, seeing "November" on the calendar means Black Friday – the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season – is just around the corner. Taking...
Know Before You Owe: Let’s tackle student loans
We started Know Before You Owe several months ago to make mortgage disclosure forms easy to understand and easy to compare. The idea was and is that people...
Know your student loan repayment options
Between the increasing cost of higher education and the impact of the financial crisis, students are more reliant than ever on loans to pay for school. With...
We’re listening
As we work to ensure a consumer bureau that's responsive to today's most pressing problems, we've made it a priority to keep one foot firmly planted outside...
Help for struggling military homeowners
Military families throughout the country are not immune to the ongoing housing crisis.
Co-signing on campus?
Credit card issuers and private student lenders have long had a presence at America's colleges and universities. In fact, there are more than 1,000 special...
Military advocates on duty
On July 21st, our mission officially began. We're ready to carry out our orders – to protect military consumers and their families from illegal financial...
Keeping a good credit score
Credit scores are important for consumers. They affect the rate of interest on a mortgage, credit card, or auto loan and can even play a role in whether you...
Get Ready to Conquer Your Student Loans
More than two-thirds of students who go to college borrow money to pay for it. The average graduating senior has over $23,000 in student loan debt. As we...
Older Americans and the CFPB
May is Older Americans Month. In his proclamation for the month, President Obama spoke of honoring the contributions older Americans have made and will...
Know Before You Owe: Designing a New Disclosure
This is the second in a series of blog posts about the Know Before You Owe project. To stay informed, sign up for e-mail updates. If you were designing a...
Know Before You Owe: Help Us Make Your Mortgage Forms Better
Let's say you want to buy a home or refinance your mortgage. You might be in the market to buy today, or you might be planning to do so down the road. You...
Financial Education for Moms and All Women
Mothers Day provides another opportunity to highlight the importance of financial education for women. Financial insecurity affects all Americans, but women...
Talking to Our Daughters and Sons about Personal Finance
Today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day! This day is partly about the fun children can have in seeing your workplace, but it is also a chance for...
We want to hear from you: Consumer Education and Engagement at the CFPB
I've just joined the CFPB as the Associate Director for Consumer Education and Engagement. I come from outside Washington, D.C., and from outside...
National Financial Literacy Month
April is National Financial Literacy Month! Read the Presidential Proclamation here. At the CFPB, we're working to raise awareness by offering a few...
Better Together: How NCPW partner agencies are protecting consumers
The Bureau will bring together under one roof a collection of important consumer protection duties that used to be scattered across the federal government...
A New Voice for Students
If you are a student, the last thing that should be on your mind in the classroom is how you are going to make ends meet over an unexpected credit card fee...