Last week, we published the three millionth complaint on the CFPB complaint database. This accumulation of complaints represents ten years of sharing consumers’ experiences to increase transparency and create accountability to the public by clarifying the problems consumers face.
People who were charged illegal fees by Howard Law, P.C. for seeking debt relief may receive compensation from the CFPB.
Las personas a quienes Howard Law, P.C. cobró tarifas ilegales por alivio de deudas, podrían recibir compensación a través de nosotros en la CFPB.
Una vez que usted haya atendido sus necesidades más urgentes, hay pasos que puede seguir para asegurar sus finanzas personales luego de los huracanes Fiona e Ian.
Once you have addressed your most urgent needs, there are steps to secure your finances after Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.
People who were falsely threatened with legal action by the debt collector will receive compensation from the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund.
More than 120,000 consumers will receive checks in the mail after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement action against USEA for its misleading practices.
Si usó el programa “U.S. Equity Advantage's auto loan Payment Accelerator Program”, podría recibir un cheque de nosotros. Más de 120,000 consumidores recibirán cheques por correo gracias a nuestra acción legal contra USEA por sus prácticas engañosas.
We’ve heard from people, specifically older adults, who were defrauded thousands of dollars by scammers claiming to be contacting them from the CFPB. The CFPB will NEVER call you to confirm that you have won a lottery, sweepstakes, class-action lawsuit, or ask you to pay fees or taxes.
Esta semana confirmamos que hay estafadores usando nombres e imágenes de nuestros empleados para robar su dinero. Escuchamos de la gente, específicamente adultos mayores, quienes perdieron miles de dólares por estafadores haciéndose pasar por nosotros en el CFPB.
Servicemembers face unique challenges in the financial marketplace. The CFPB is working to protect servicemembers and military families from costly auto loans and wrongful repossessions.
Congress has charged the CFPB with ensuring that markets for consumer financial products are competitive. Over the last year, the CFPB has taken a number of steps to promote competition in our markets.
Companies located outside military bases sometimes target servicemembers with costly loans and expensive contracts. They also capitalize on the military’s unique payment system.
The U.S. Department of Education announced the cancellation of $5.8 billion in federal student loans for 560,000 individuals who borrowed to attend schools owned by Corinthian Colleges, the for-profit college conglomerate that is now defunct.
When you dispute credit information with your bank or other furnisher, you should get a clear and understandable response stating a result.
Our research shows that credit card companies are suppressing data and information on exact payment amounts repaid by borrowers. A new letter to the CEOs seeks to find out why.
The Education Department is making important fixes to income-driven repayment this year. These fixes will help borrowers reach loan forgiveness sooner. Borrowers with Commercial FFELP loans must consolidate your loans in order to benefit from these changes.
At the CFPB, we are committed to delivering trustworthy, impartial, accurate and timely information to the people we serve. To maintain this commitment we provide clear, impartial answers to hundreds of financial questions on Ask CFPB. Ask CFPB offers information you can use to make more informed choices about your money. Ask CFPB helps more than 6 million people do so each year and has helped more than 43 million lifetime users.
Durante el Mes Nacional del Adulto Mayor, el CFPB y la FTC se han asociado para juntos, educar a los adultos mayores y sus familias sobre qué hacer, y dónde reportar estafas y fraude.
During Older Americans Month, the CFPB and FTC are partnering together to educate older adults and their families on what to do and where to report scams and fraud.
Millions of students seek postsecondary degrees in the hope that advancing their education will lead to better job opportunities, higher earnings, and greater economic security for themselves and their families. But many institutions of higher education are precluding students from making professional and educational gains by withholding their official transcripts to collect education-related debts.
The Department of Education announced that the student loan pause will continue through August 31, 2022. Here are three things to keep in mind.
A number of large banks are eliminating non-sufficient fund (NSF) fees on checking accounts, cutting total NSF fee volume by about 50%, or $1 billion, annually. Other banks continue to charge these fees. The Bureau is closely scrutinizing whether and when charging these fees may be unlawful.
It is a myth that student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Some private student loans require a showing of “undue hardship” and an adversary proceeding within the bankruptcy in order for the loans to be discharged, while other types of student loans are treated the same as other unsecured consumer debt.
Lè ou resevwa bòdwo pou tretman medikal, ou dwe konnen sa ki pwoteje sòlvabilite ou ak kijan pou w evite pyèj.
