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...
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Standing up for consumers
Today, I was appointed by President Obama to serve as the first Director of the Bureau. I am honored by this opportunity to continue my work on behalf of...
Financial Fitness Forum
This week, the Office of Servicemember Affairs held a special event: a Financial Fitness Forum. We invited representatives from the military, government...
A conversation with the South Florida Latino community
On December 2, 2011, I participated in a White House Latino Community Summit in Miami. The community summit connected senior government officials from...
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...
Live from Cleveland
On December 7th, Raj Date announced the Bureau's initiative to develop a shorter, simpler credit card agreement that spells out the terms for the consumer...
Cleveland, save the date!
The Bureau is continuing its commitment to hear from consumers around the country about their experiences with financial products and services. Last month...
Lessons from the road
Since starting work at the Bureau three weeks ago, I have traveled from coast to coast to meet with seniors who have suffered from financial scams. In my...
Honoring veterans
November 11th is Veterans Day. This week the CFPB took a moment to recognize and honor the veterans in our ranks: 87 of them! We showed photos of them while...
Protecting military members from predatory lending
As a lifetime military family member, I've seen first-hand the devastating impact financial scams and predatory lending can have on our military families. I...
Live from Minneapolis!
Today's live events have now ended. You can read Raj's full remarks from the University of Minnesota. Be sure to check out the new Know Before You Owe –...
From day one
Greetings. I'm Skip Humphrey, and I'm excited to begin work at the Bureau as the head of the Office of Older Americans. I grew up in a household where it...
Meet us in Minnesota
Update 10/18/11 – In order to accomodate additional participants, the town hall event will now take place at the the Minneapolis Central Library, 300...
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...
Lessons we’ve learned
Yesterday, Raj Date spoke in Philadelphia about the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis for the consumer bureau. Before taking questions from the audience...
Live from Philadelphia
Welcome to the first CFPB livestream! (This live event has concluded. You can watch a recording from the event or read Raj’s full remarks.)
The CFPB: Applying the lessons of the financial crisis
This Thursday afternoon, we're hosting an event in Philadelphia where Raj Date and local leaders will discuss the lessons learned from the mortgage market...
Promoting openness in CFPB rulemaking
Public participation is essential to CFPB's rulemaking process. We firmly believe that input from consumers, industry, and other interested parties will...
Coordinating Consumer Complaints
The Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFPB to share consumer complaint information with the FTC and other state and federal agencies. The goal is to make sure...
On Our Way
Last time, we talked about the mission of the Office of Servicemember Affairs. Now I'd like to tell you a little about the work the Office of Servicemember...
A consumer-centered supervision program
Yesterday, we began operation of what will be the largest function within the CFPB: Supervision. As part of this effort, Special Advisor to the Secretary of...
A Strong Foundation
One year ago, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which created this new Consumer...
The CFPB and JAGs: partnering to protect servicemembers
The Bureau and the Judge Advocate Generals of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard yesterday announced an agreement on a...
Know Before You Owe, Credit Unions, and Community Banks
As you have been reading here on the blog, we released the first draft versions of a combined Good Faith Estimate and Truth in Lending disclosure form in...
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...