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Category: Data, research, and reports |
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Office of Research blog: Who gets sued in civil courts? Civil judgments are not evenly distributed

Creditors can obtain civil judgments to seize assets and garnish wages for unpaid debts. New research show that civil judgments are 20 times more common in some states than others and are more common in areas with a higher percentage of Black residents. Civil judgments are twice as common as bankruptcies.

Category: Data, research, and reports | Category: Policy and compliance |
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Por qué las grandes compañías emisoras de tarjetas de crédito suprimen datos reales de pagos en su informe de crédito

Las compañías emisoras de tarjetas de crédito no están reportando sus datos reales de pagos a las empresas nacionales de informes de crédito. Preguntamos el por qué, y le mostramos lo que descubrimos.

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Office of Research blog: Credit score transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic

The distribution of credit score tiers shifted upward during the pandemic. Individuals in all credit score tiers were more likely to move up at least one tier or remain in their own tier during the pandemic, but upward mobility was especially improved for consumers with subprime credit scores.

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New report explores the impact of credit card line decreases on consumers

Access to credit plays a critical role in financial resiliency, especially during an economic downturn. Credit card companies used credit card line decreases to reduce their credit exposure during the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. New research explores the impact of credit line decrease decisions on consumers.

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Report illustrates how the big three credit reporting companies are giving consumers the runaround

A CFPB report revealed that the NCRAs have largely relied on vague, unhelpful form letters in response to consumer complaints filed with the Bureau. This practice, which surged in 2020, left families and communities vulnerable at the height of an unprecedented global pandemic and economic crisis.

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Credit access declined during the pandemic for credit cards, but increased for mortgages and auto loans

This post is the fifth in a series documenting trends in consumer credit outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to new credit cards has decreased, but access to mortgages and auto loans has increased since the start of the pandemic.

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Credit card limits are rising for most groups after stagnating during the pandemic

This post is the fourth in a series documenting trends in consumer credit outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit card limits stagnated or declined for most credit score groups early in the pandemic, but have been rising in recent months. Despite a spike in accounts closed by creditors at the start of the pandemic, accounts are not being closed at unusual rates.

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Credit card use is still declining compared to pre-pandemic levels

This post is the third in a series documenting trends in consumer credit outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic disruption of the pandemic does not appear to have caused consumers to run up large credit card balances. The opposite seems to be the case, since April 2020, credit card balances and utilization rates have continued to decline, and the share of credit card borrowers that carry a balance rather than pay in full have also declined.

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Trends in Reported Assistance on Consumers’ Credit Records

This post is the second in a series documenting trends in consumer credit outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since July 2020, consumers have transitioned out of assistance to varying degrees across all credit products, but a significant share of mortgage borrowers continue to receive assistance.

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Delinquencies on credit accounts continue to be low despite the pandemic

New Bureau research examines consumer credit trends through April 2021, finding little increase in delinquencies on credit cards, auto loans, mortgages, and student loans during COVID-19. Delinquency rates also remain lower than pre-pandemic levels, likely as a result of public and private interventions.

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Consumer use of payday, auto title, and pawn loans

A new analysis in our Making Ends Meet survey series looks at how consumers use payday, auto title, and pawn loans. Use of these loans is persistent from year to year. Some consumers of these loans have lower cost credit available, while others lack access to other credit.

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Making Ends Meet series: Changes in consumer financial status during the early months of the pandemic

A new analysis in our Making Ends Meet survey series looks at the early impact of COVID-19 on the financial status of consumers, finding that their ability to stay on top of their finances was greater in June 2020 than June 2019, likely as a result of government policies and private programs to reduce financial distress.

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Protecting consumers through a pandemic: 2020 Fair Lending Report to Congress

This report describes our fair lending activities in supervision, enforcement, guidance and rulemaking, interagency coordination, and outreach and education for calendar year 2020.

Category: Policy and compliance |
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El CFPB en búsqueda de comentarios formales para mejorar las directrices para servir a consumidores LEP

El CFPB planea desarrollar directrices para la atención a consumidores LEP o con Limitado Manejo del Inglés y para ello, está recibiendo comentarios públicos formales a través de su Solicitud de Información del año 2020 sobre la Ley de Oportunidad Equitativa al Crédito y Regulación B.

Category: Policy and compliance |
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Bureau seeks formal comments to inform forthcoming guidance on serving LEP consumers

The Bureau plans to develop guidance on serving consumers with limited English proficiency (LEP) and welcomes formal public comments through the Bureau’s 2020 Request for Information on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B.

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New report explores the prevalence of actual payment information in consumer credit reporting

This report explores the prevalence of actual payment information in consumer credit reporting. Quarterly Consumer credit trends reports focus on a specific consumer financial product or issue using a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of de-identified credit records maintained by a nationwide consumer reporting agency.

Category: At the CFPB |
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More CFPB resources available in multiple languages

Consumers who are of limited English proficiency face unique challenges in learning about and accessing financial services. Watch our webinar to learn how CFPB is working to make our resources accessible to everyone.

Category: Info for consumers |
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Ang kahalagahan ng patas at pantay na pag-access sa kredito para sa mga minorya at negosyo na pag-aari ng kababaihan

Ang Bureau ay may pananagutan sa pagtugon sa diskriminasyon sa pagpapahiram, kasama na ang pagpapahiram sa mga kababaihan- at mga negosyo na pagmamay-ari ng minorya, na nag-aplay para sa utang sa panahon ng pandemya ng COVID-19 sa ilalim ng CARES Act.

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Protecting consumers and encouraging innovation: 2019 Fair Lending Report to Congress

The Bureau is committed to ensuring fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit for both individuals and communities. This report describes our fair lending activities in innovation, outreach, prioritization, guidance and rulemaking, supervision, and enforcement for calendar year 2019.