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Category: Report 2025 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report 2025 Private Education Loan Ombudsman Report
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report 2024 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report CFPB FY 2024 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Report to Congress
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2025
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Blog
Archived
New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Report Medical Collections on Credit Reports in Native American Communities
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB and IHS joint letter re: Protecting approved Purchased/Referred Care program patients from improper bills
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Student Loan Debt Collector Performant Recovery for Illegal Fee Generating Scheme That Cost Borrowers Thousands of Dollars
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Blog
Archived
Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Blog
Archived
What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer advisory: Steer clear of costly and complex loans for solar energy installation
Category: Blog
Archived
Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Servicing and Collection of Consumer Debt, Issue 34 (Summer 2024)
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Western Benefits for Swindling Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Category: Report CFPB FY 2023 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Report to Congress
Category: Blog
Archived
Unlawful fees in the mortgage market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Seven State Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise, Strategic Financial Solutions, for Illegally Swindling More Than $100 Million from Financially Struggling Families
Category: Blog
Archived
Holding debt collectors responsible for false statements
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and 11 States Order Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlighting Consumer Protection Issues in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2023
Category: Report The CFPB Language Access Plan for consumers with limited English proficiency
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Fines Repeat Offender Enova $15 Million for Violating Order, Deceiving Customers, and Withdrawing Funds Without Consent
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
Category: Blog
Archived
What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Consumer risks posed by employer-driven debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Snap Finance for Illegally Luring Americans into Expensive Financing and Bullying Borrowers Using False Threats
Category: Press release
Archived
State Partners and CFPB Sue Prehired For Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Phoenix Financial Services for Illegal Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Illegal Collection Tactics on Zombie Mortgages
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on Zombie Mortgage Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Office of Research blog: Who gets sued in civil courts? Civil judgments are not evenly distributed
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the April 2023 Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Repeat Offender Portfolio Recovery Associates to Pay More Than $24 Million for Continued Illegal Debt Collection Practices and Consumer Reporting Violations
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Trends in Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting
Category: Blog
Archived
Debt collectors re-evaluate medical debt furnishing in light of data integrity issues
Category: Blog
Archived
Strengthening information accessibility for consumers with limited English proficiency
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds One-Third Decline in Collections Items on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Halt Debt Collection Mill From Bombarding Consumers with Junk Lawsuits
Category: Blog
Archived
You can help caregivers spot illegal nursing home debt collection tactics
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Blog
Archived
Your voices help drive our work
Category: Report 2022 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Nursing Home Debt Collection
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks at the CFPB Field Hearing on Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding Required Financial Assistance in Medical Care
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Credit Trends Report: Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Blog
Archived
Identifying and addressing the financial needs of immigrants
Category: Blog
Archived
Tell us your stories about employer-driven debt
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and New York Attorney General Shut Down Debt Collection Ring
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Spotlights Medical Billing Challenges
Category: Blog
Archived
Transcript Withholding Holds Back Workers and Wages
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2022
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting families and honest businesses from debt collection abuses
Category: Blog
Archived
Know your rights and protections when it comes to medical bills and collections
Category: Blog
Archived
Climate risk should be considered in housing decisions
Category: Blog
Archived
Shining a Spotlight on Workers’ Financial Experiences
Category: Report 2021 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Medical debt burden in the United States
Category: Blog
Archived
No Surprises Act: How we are protecting people from the side effects of surprise medical bills
Category: Blog
Archived
New VA rule relieves financial distress for thousands of veterans with medical bills
Category: Report Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Bulletin to Prevent Unlawful Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting
Category: Blog
Archived
Our public inquiry on buy now, pay later
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues United Holding Group, Its Affiliates, and Its Owners for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Blog
Archived
Know before you buy (now, pay later) this holiday season

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