Project Catalyst collaboration to improve understanding of financial well-being
The CFPB is launching a research pilot with Credit Karma to help understand consumer financial well-being.
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Supporting consumer-friendly innovation: Announcing our first no-action letter
Our first-ever no-action letter is being issued to Upstart.
Technology is changing how people access their financial records. Share your story.
Many new financial innovations rely on people choosing to give a company access to their digital financial records held by another company. If you're using...
Project Catalyst research pilot: Tools for saving
We released the results of a Project Catalyst research project finding that offering a small incentive to prepaid card users to put some of their money...
We’re open to innovative approaches to benefit consumers
Take a look around and you'll see that the consumer financial marketplace is experiencing constant and rapid change. New technologies and insights can...
Promoting saving at tax time
Today, we're announcing that as part of Project Catalyst, we'll be working with H&R Block to evaluate practices to promote consumer saving behavior during...
New Project Catalyst research pilot to study early intervention credit counseling
We're announcing a research pilot aimed at assessing the potential impact of early intervention credit counseling. We know that defaulting on credit card...
Disclosures: A new avenue for improvement
We have finalized a new trial disclosure policy, which allows companies to apply for a waiver to test potential disclosure improvements on a trial basis...
An update on trial disclosures
Yesterday, we made a significant update to our proposed policy to encourage trial disclosure programs, which allow companies, on a trial basis, to test...
Project Catalyst develops portfolio to support innovation
The initiatives announced at the start of Project Catalyst are gaining early traction. In November 2012 in Mountain View, Calif., we launched Project...
Watch live, Mountain View, CA!
We were in Mountain View, CA for the launch of Project Catalyst. The live event has ended. CFPB Director Richard Cordray announced the launch of Project...