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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a launched a new initiative to focus on financial issues facing rural America. Our effort will initially focus on rural banking deserts, discriminatory and predatory agricultural credit, and manufactured housing.

A new analysis in our Making Ends Meet survey series looks at how consumers use payday, auto title, and pawn loans.

We recently published our Consumer Response Annual Report, which provides an overview of the complaints we received in 2016.

New data shows payday and similar loans lead to consumers trapped in debt and our proposed rule aims to help those consumers.

New data shows payday and similar loans lead to consumers trapped in debt and our proposed rule aims to help those consumers.

Join the CFPB's Consumer Advisory Board for a meeting with Director Cordray where we will discuss an auto lending education initiative, trends and themes...

The hearing will feature remarks from CFPB Director Richard Cordray as well as testimony from consumer groups, industry representatives, and members of the...

We recently released a study about payments for online payday loans and other high-cost online loans and their effects on consumers. We found that online...

An important part of the CFPB's mandate from Congress is to make rules governing consumer finance markets more effective and to create new rules when...

Since 2011, we have secured over $10.8 billion dollars in relief for more than 25 million consumers harmed by illegal practices.

Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting with Director Cordray on Thursday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST. During this meeting we will discuss...

An important part of our mandate is to make rules more effective and create new rules when necessary. Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our...

Today, we held a field hearing on payday lending in Richmond, Va. The hearing featured remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as testimony from...

Join us for a field hearing in Richmond, Va. on payday lending. The hearing will take place on Thursday, March 26 at 12 p.m. EDT.

Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our rulemaking agenda in conjunction with a broader initiative led by OMB to publish a Unified Agenda of...

Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our rulemaking agenda in conjunction with a broader initiative led by OMB to publish a Unified Agenda of...

We held a field hearing on payday loans in Nashville, Tennessee. The event featured remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as testimony from...

We're changing the location of our upcoming field hearing on payday loans to the Country Music Hall of Fame. The hearing will still take place on Tuesday...

We announced an enforcement action against one of the largest short-term, small-dollar lenders in the country. The company has agreed to reimburse up to $14...

Payday loans are typically marketed as a way to get quick cash when you need it. They are generally for small amounts due quickly, like on your next payday...

Starting today, you can submit payday complaints to us. So this seems a good time to remind you that if you are a servicemember on active duty you, your...

August is usually a time when military families are wrapping up duty station moves, squeezing in summer vacations, and getting the kids enrolled in school...

Read our white paper on payday loans and deposit advance products.

Today, a federal district court entered an order that returns money to the pockets of American consumers and stops a company from violating laws. The case...

Public input is tremendously important to our work at the CFPB. At our January field hearing in Birmingham, we had the opportunity to gather information...