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Category: Policy and compliance |
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Why we’re modernizing how we collect credit card data

By gathering better price and availability data for more credit card products and making it publicly available, the CFPB seeks to empower consumers to choose the best card for their unique situation and to encourage issuers to compete more on rates.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Info for consumers |
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정크 수수료의 숨겨진 비용

미국 전역의 가계에서는 더 높아진 가격을 체감하고 있습니다. 개인 및 가족들이 팍팍해지는 주머니 사정에 적응해 나가는데 피할 수 없는 수수료인 정크 수수료가 있습니다. CFPB에서는 이 정크 수수료가 일상적인 재정 생활에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 의견을 듣고 싶습니다.

Category: Info for consumers |
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Ang hindi inaasahang gastos ng mga lihim na singil

Nararamdaman ng maraming tahanan dito sa Estados Unidos ang mas mataas na presyo ng mga bilihin. Habang maraming mga indibidwal pati pamilya ay nag-aadjust ng kanilang mga budget, may ibang mga singil na wari ay mahirap iwasan – mga lihim na singil. Nais makarinig ang CFPB galing sa inyo kung paano kayo naaapektuhan ng mga lihim na singil.

Category: Info for consumers |
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التكلفة الخفية للرسوم المفاجئة وغير المتوقعة

كانت وتظل الأسر على مستوى الولايات المتحدة تشعر بتكلفة الأسعار المرتفعة، ومع قيام الأفراد والعائلات بتكييف أحوالهم المالية لهذه التكلفة الملقاة عليهم إلا أن ثمة بعض الرسوم لا يمكنهم الفرار منها – وهي ما تسمى بالرسوم المفاجئة وغير المتوقعة. وعليه فإن مكتب الحماية المالية للمستهلكين CFPB يريد السماع منكم عن مدى تأثير تلك الرسوم المفاجئة وغير المتوقعة على حياتكم المالية اليومية.

Category: Info for consumers |
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El costo oculto de las tarifas inesperadas

Los hogares de los EE. UU. han estado sintiendo el costo de los precios más altos. A medida que las personas y las familias se acostumbran a apretarse el cinturón, hay algunas tarifas que no parecen poder evitar: las tarifas inesperadas. El CFPB quiere saber cómo las tarifas inesperadas han impactado su vida financiera cotidiana.

Category: Info for consumers |
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The hidden cost of junk fees

Households across the U.S. have been feeling the cost of higher prices. As individuals and families adjust to the pinch on pocketbooks there are some fees they just can’t seem to escape – junk fees. The CFPB wants to hear from you on how junk fees have impacted your everyday financial lives.

Category: Info for consumers |
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Sự ảnh hưởng của phụ phí ẩn

Các hộ gia đình trên khắp Hoa Kỳ đang bị ảnh hưởng bởi giá chi phí cao. Khi các cá nhân và gia đình dần thích nghi với chi phí cao, nhưng có một số khoản phí mà họ dường như không thể thoát được là phụ phí. CFPB muốn nghe ý kiến của quý vị về sự ảnh hưởng của các khoản phí phụ đến tài chính hàng ngày của quý vị. Dịch vụ ngân hàng, thẻ tín dụng, tình trạng tài chính, phí hoàn thành giao dịch vay thế chấp, thẻ trả trước, phí chuyển tiền

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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Making Ends Meet series: Consumer finances during the pandemic

New analysis in our Making Ends Meet survey series shows that consumers’ finances improved during the pandemic as pandemic policies kept consumers who lost their jobs from suffering financial hardship. But some pandemic-related flexibilities and forbearance programs failed to reach many consumers facing hardship.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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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.

Category: Data, research, and reports |
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Credit applications remain depressed for credit cards and auto loans

In this update to our May 2020 report examining the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on credit applications, we find that credit card inquiries were still 30 percent below their pre-pandemic levels in September, while auto loans were depressed by 20 percent.