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Category: Report 2025 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report 2025 Private Education Loan Ombudsman Report
Category: Press release CFPB Reaches Settlement with FirstCash, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries for Military Lending Act Violations
Category: Report Auto Lending to Servicemembers
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds Servicemembers Pay More in Auto Lending Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Navy Federal Credit Union to Pay More Than $95 Million for Illegal Surprise Overdraft Fees
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2023 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Challenges Facing Servicemembers and Veterans with Student Loans
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer Advisory: Video games are targeting your children to get into your wallet
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB is protecting the military community and providing relief
Category: Blog
Archived
Ensuring servicemembers can protect themselves from unlawful financial practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds Violations of Credit Report Accuracy Requirements, Including for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 32 (Spring 2024)
Category: Report Banking in video games and virtual worlds
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the White House on Data Protection and National Security
Category: Blog
Archived
Beware of new CFPB imposter scams
Category: Blog
Archived
CFPB to distribute nearly $6 million to consumers harmed by predatory loans to veterans
Category: Blog
Archived
Servicemembers continue to face major financial challenges
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Enforcement Director Eric Halperin on the TransUnion Enforcement Actions
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and FTC Take Actions Against TransUnion for Illegal Rental Background Check and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Identifies Issues with Increased Servicemember Use of Digital Payment Apps
Category: Blog
Archived
Credit reporting companies should do more to ensure that servicemembers receive the free credit monitoring services they are legally entitled to
Category: Testimony
Archived
Written Testimony of James S. Rice, Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Shuts Down Mortgage Loan Business of RMK Financial for Repeat Offenses Against Military Families
Category: Blog
Archived
WARNO: They call themselves “coaches” or “consultants” and advertise their ability to assist you with your VA benefits claim but may not be accredited to practice before the VA
Category: Report Servicemember reports about identity theft are increasing
Category: Report Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Evidence of activated Guard and Reserve servicemembers’ usage of credit protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds Members of the Reserves and National Guard Paying Millions of Dollars in Extra Interest Each Year
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting the right of military families to go to court
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Blog
Archived
Beware of scammers pretending to be from the CFPB
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Protect the Public from Shoddy Data Security Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Justice Department Caution Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting servicemembers from costly auto loans and wrongful repossessions
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: Blog
Archived
Protecting servicemembers from abuses of the military allotment system
Category: Blog
Archived
How to prevent and report scams targeting older adults
Category: Report 2021 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog
Archived
If you’re a homeowner struggling to make housing-related payments due to the pandemic, help is available or coming soon
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: Blog
Archived
Protecting servicemembers from predatory lending
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and DOJ Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Suspicious Activity Reports on Elder Financial Exploitation
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Pawn Lenders for Cheating Military Families
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer advisory: Know your rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
Category: Blog
Archived
Consumer Fraud Alert - Tips for avoiding VA home loan scams
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and FDIC Release Enhanced Version of Money Smart for Older Adults
Category: Blog
Archived
Should you buy now and pay later?
Category: Blog
Archived
Dedicating July to military consumer protection
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report
Category: Blog
Archived
The Office of Servicemember Affairs year in review: Working together to protect servicemembers, veterans, and military families
Category: Blog
Archived
Money Smarts for Military Families
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Operators of An Unlawful Student Loan Debt-Relief Scheme
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Payment Processor and Its Former CEO for Supporting Internet-Based Technical-Support Scams
Category: Blog
Archived
Break up with online romance scams
Category: Blog
Archived
New guide helps military families with unique financial challenges
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with LendUp Loans, LLC for Military Lending Act Violations
Category: Blog
Archived
What you should know about tech support scams
Category: Report 2020 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Omni Financial of Nevada, Inc. for Violations of the Military Lending Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and Consumer Financial Protection Act
Category: Blog
Archived
Listen to CFPB's new podcast episodes
Category: Blog
Archived
Federal tools to help maximize GI Bill® education benefits
Category: Report Debt and delinquency after military service: A study of the credit records of young veterans in the first year after separation
Category: Blog
Archived
Honoring and empowering those who served our nation
Category: Blog
Archived
Play it safe online
Category: Blog
Archived
Falling for scams could be a disaster
Category: Blog
Archived
Empowering military consumers–all year long
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Mortgage Companies to Address Deceptive Loan Advertisements Sent to Servicemembers and Veterans
Category: Blog
Archived
Closing remarks: Consumer Financial Protection Week
Category: Blog
Archived
Alphabet soup: The ABCs of military consumer protection
Category: Report Financially Fit? Comparing the credit records of young servicemembers and civilians
Category: Blog
Archived
New report shows how young servicemembers build credit histories
Category: Blog
Archived
How to avoid COVID-19 government imposter scams
Category: Blog
Archived
Saluting service during National Military Appreciation Month
Category: Blog
Archived
Download new fraud prevention activity sheets for older adults
Category: Blog
Archived
Financial help for servicemembers affected by the coronavirus
Category: Blog
Archived
Here's what we’ve been doing over the past year to help military families plan for their next financial journey.
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019
Category: Blog
Archived
Are you in the military and getting ready to do your taxes? Make sure you know how to file for free
Category: Blog
Archived
Five ways to recognize a Social Security scam
Category: Blog
Archived
Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
Category: Report 2019 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Consumer Reporting Special Edition, Issue No. 20 (Fall 2019)
Category: Blog
Archived
How to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and scammers
Category: Blog
Archived
Protect yourself from credit card fraud at the register
Category: Report Reporting of Suspected Elder Financial Exploitation by Financial Institutions: An update to the 2016 Advisory and Recommendations
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Recommends Financial Institutions Report Suspected Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
Category: Blog
Archived
Five myths in the military community about personal finance
Category: Blog
Archived
Mortgage Closing Scams: How to protect yourself and your closing funds
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Financial Education Tool for Active-Duty Servicemembers
Category: Blog
Archived
Fight zombies and time travel – this is not how your parents learned about money
Category: Blog
Archived
Servicemembers exhibit higher levels of financial well-being than the U.S. population overall
Category: Report Convening communities to build elder fraud prevention and response networks
Category: Blog
Archived
Veterans’ financial well-being is good, but challenges remain
Category: Report Financial Well-Being of Veterans

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