CFPB and Boston Team Up to Help Local Consumers with Questions and Complaints
Today, the Bureau and the City of Boston announced a partnership to connect consumers with the CFPB to ask questions and submit complaints about financial...
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Chief Financial Officer Agostini Before the House Financial Services Committee
Thank you Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Green, and distinguished members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to participate in today's oversight...
Director Cordray Remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference
At the Bureau, we are working to restore confidence that consumers can improve their lives by engaging in the marketplace for lending and savings products...
Gail Hillebrand Remarks at the Release of Money Smart for Older Adults
Older Americans are attractive targets for fraudsters, because some older Americans have wealth. U.S. households aged 65 and over had a net worth of...
The CFPB at the Philadelphia Residential Mortgage Diversion Program Anniversary Celebration
This program began in 2008, at a time when a large and growing number of families were being forced out of their homes. But because of all of your efforts...
FDIC and CFPB Collaborate to Develop a Tool for Older Adults to Prevent Financial Exploitation
The newest addition to the FDIC's Money Smart financial curriculum family, this stand-alone training module developed by both agencies provides information...
Director Cordray on Money Smart for Older Adults
Together with the FDIC, we are releasing Money Smart for Older Adults, a program to raise the awareness of older Americans and their caregivers about how to...
Prepared Remarks of Director Richard Cordray on Overdraft Report Press Call
This report describes a broad variety of different overdraft practices and different consumer experiences. It also raises concerns about the ability of...
CFPB Report Raises Concerns About Impact of Overdraft Practices on Consumers
The report shows big differences across financial institutions when it comes to overdraft coverage on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals, drawing...
Steve Antonakes Remarks at “Life of a debt: Data Integrity in Debt Collection”
Today's event follows similar industry roundtables on debt collection practices that the FTC organized. These have proven valuable in surfacing important...
CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for New Mortgage Rules
The exam procedures offer financial institutions and mortgage companies valuable guidance on what the CFPB will be looking for as the rules become...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Data Now Searchable by State
"This data puts valuable information in the hands of consumers to help them understand what is happening in their states," said CFPB Director Richard...
CFPB Takes Action to Stop Florida Company From Engaging in Illegal Debt-Relief Practices
The Bureau plans to submit a proposed consent order that, if approved by the court, would halt the company's operation, prevent the company and owner from...
CFPB Finalizes Amendments to Ability-to-Repay Rule
Today, the Bureau finalized rules to facilitate access to credit by creating specific exemptions and modifications to the CFPB's Ability-to-Repay rule for...
Director Cordray Remarks at the FINRA Investor Education Conference
All of us here today share the same goal of educating and empowering consumers to help them make responsible financial decisions that are sustainable over...
The CFPB Establishes Framework to Better Coordinate with State Regulators
The framework will apply in situations where the CFPB and state regulators share concurrent supervisory jurisdiction.
The CFPB Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Thank you Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify about the Bureau's...
The CFPB Takes Action Against Real Estate Kickbacks
The Bureau today ordered a Texas homebuilder, Paul Taylor, to surrender more than $100,000 he received in kickbacks for referring mortgage origination...
The CFPB Testifies Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Thank you Chairman Terry, Ranking Member Schakowsky, and distinguished members of the Committee for the opportunity to speak with you today about the Bureau...
CFPB Debuts Spanish Language Website
The website, which is optimized for mobile use, provides access to essential consumer resources such as how to submit a consumer complaint and answers to...
La Oficina para la Protección Financiera del Consumidor lanza un sitio web en español
El sitio web, la cual est‡ optimizada para el uso m—vil, proporciona informaci—n esencial acerca de c—mo presentar una queja sobre un producto o servicio...
Director Richard Cordray Remarks at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting in Los Angeles
Today, I will focus on our crucial task of connecting with consumers, which we must do well in order to help them properly. In particular, it is important...
Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Realtors
Over time, we have come to a fuller understanding of how rampant underwriting deficiencies eventually brought about the credit crunch, the financial...
Student Debt Domino Effect?
While many in Washington are focused on what loans look like for future borrowers, there may be a domino effect on the broader economy if we ignore...
CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Report warns of the potential domino effects on the economy of high student debt. It also identifies policy and market-based solutions based on the public’s comments that would help borrowers manage their private student loan burden.