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Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Guidance on Credit Denials by Lenders Using Artificial Intelligence
Category: Press release
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CFPB Reaches Multibillion Dollar Settlement with Credit Repair Conglomerate
Category: Director's statement
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Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at White House Roundtable on Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices
Category: Blog
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What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Blog
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Looking at credit scores only tells part of the story – cashflow data may tell another part
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra for Community Table on White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
Category: Blog
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What’s ahead for Bank of America and its customers
Category: Blog
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Office of Research blog: Initial Fresh Start program changes followed by increased credit scores for affected student loan borrowers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Bank of America for Illegally Charging Junk Fees, Withholding Credit Card Rewards, and Opening Fake Accounts
Category: Press release
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CFPB, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury Launch Inquiry into Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients for Health Care Costs
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Areas of the Southern Region
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Blog
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We are extending the deadline for comments about data brokers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Action to Require Citizens Bank to Pay $9 Million Penalty for Unlawful Credit Card Servicing
Category: Blog
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Have medical debt? Anything already paid or under $500 should no longer be on your credit report
Category: Report Medical Credit Cards and Financing Plans
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Highlights Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients
Category: Blog
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Adjustable-rate loans are changing, because a widely-used interest rate index expires in June
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Rule to Facilitate Orderly Wind Down of LIBOR
Category: Blog
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Credit reporting companies should do more to ensure that servicemembers receive the free credit monitoring services they are legally entitled to
Category: Press release
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CFPB Joins Other Financial Regulatory Agencies in Issuing Statement on Completing the LIBOR Transition
Category: Report Consumer Credit and the Removal of Medical Collections from Credit Reports
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Interagency Enforcement Policy Statement on “Artificial Intelligence”
Category: Testimony
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Written Testimony of James S. Rice, Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Category: Blog
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As outstanding credit card debt hits new high, the CFPB is focusing on ways to increase competition and reduce costs
Category: Blog
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Tell us your experiences with data brokers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Enhances Tool to Promote Competition and Comparison Shopping in Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Launches Inquiry Into the Business Practices of Data Brokers
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Public Benefits Delivery & Consumer Protection
Category: Blog
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Tell us about your experiences with rental background checks and fees
Category: Blog
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Why the largest credit card companies are suppressing actual payment data on your credit report
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Trends in Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting
Category: Blog
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Debt collectors re-evaluate medical debt furnishing in light of data integrity issues
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Rule to Rein in Excessive Credit Card Late Fees
Category: Director's statement
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Director Chopra’s Remarks on Press Call for Credit Card Late Fees NPRM
Category: Blog
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Office of Research blog: Credit score transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Press release
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CFPB Seeks Public Input on Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report Servicemember reports about identity theft are increasing
Category: Report Annual report of consumer and credit reporting complaints: An analysis of complaint responses by Equifax, Experian, TransUnion
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Report on TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2022: Insights from the CFPB Making Ends Meet survey
Category: Blog
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Protecting borrowers’ control over their money
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Carrington Mortgage for Cheating Homeowners out of CARES Act Rights
Category: Press release
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CFPB Supervisory Examinations Find Credit Reporting Failures, Junk Fees, and Mishandling of COVID-19 Protections
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Guidance to Address Shoddy Investigation Practices by Consumer Reporting Companies
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Address Junk Data in Credit Reports
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Finds High Fees Charged on Student Banking Products Endorsed by Colleges
Category: Report 2022 College banking and credit card agreements
Category: Report Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s prepared remarks on the release of the CFPB’s Buy Now, Pay Later report
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Category: Blog
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Why we’re modernizing how we collect credit card data
Category: Blog
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Examining the factors driving high credit card interest rates
Category: Press release
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CFPB Fines U.S. Bank $37.5 Million for Illegally Exploiting Personal Data to Open Sham Accounts for Unsuspecting Customers
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding Required Financial Assistance in Medical Care
Category: Blog
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Office of Research blog: Housing inflation is hitting low-income renters
Category: Press release
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CFPB Publishes Analysis of Potential Impacts of Medical Debt Credit Reporting Changes
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Credit Trends Report: Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Press release
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CFPB Orders Hyundai to Pay $19 Million for Widespread Credit Reporting Failures
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Advisory to Protect Privacy When Companies Compile Personal Data
Category: Report Credit Card Line Decreases
Category: Blog
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New report explores the impact of credit card line decreases on consumers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Affirms Ability for States to Police Credit Reporting Markets
Category: Press release
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CFPB Helps Survivors Mitigate the Financial Consequences of Human Trafficking
Category: Blog
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Buy Now, Pay Later and Credit Reporting
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
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Deputy Director Zixta Martinez’s Keynote Address at the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Blog
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Credit disputes: getting a clear statement of results from your furnisher
Category: Blog
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CFPB tells credit card CEOs: Practice of suppressing payment data has potential for consumer harm
Category: Press release
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CFPB Supervisory Report Finds Unlawful Auto Repossessions, Breakdowns in Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Spotlights Medical Billing Challenges
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Challenges in Rural Banking Access
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Repeat Offender Lawsuit Against TransUnion and John Danaher
Category: Blog
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Know your rights and protections when it comes to medical bills and collections
Category: Press release
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CFPB Seeks to Halt Negative Credit Reporting for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Opening Remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit card late fees
Category: Blog
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The Fed is raising interest rates. What does that mean for borrowers and savers?
Category: Report Medical debt burden in the United States
Category: Blog
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Report illustrates how the big three credit reporting companies are giving consumers the runaround
Category: Blog
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No Surprises Act: How we are protecting people from the side effects of surprise medical bills
Category: Blog
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The hidden cost of junk fees
Category: Report Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Initiative to Save Americans Billions in Junk Fees
Category: Blog
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Americans pay $120 billion in credit card interest and fees each year
Category: Blog
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Our public inquiry on buy now, pay later
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report Detailing Consumer Complaint Response Deficiencies of the Big Three Credit Bureaus
Category: Report Annual report of consumer and credit reporting complaints: An analysis of complaint responses by Equifax, Experian, TransUnion
Category: Blog
Archived
Hold credit reporting companies accountable for incorrect reports and shoddy service
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer finances during the pandemic: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Blog
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Making Ends Meet series: Consumer finances during the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Know before you buy (now, pay later) this holiday season
Category: Blog
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The LIBOR index for adjustable-rate loans is being discontinued: here’s what to watch for
Category: Blog
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Understand how the CFPB’s Debt Collection Rule impacts you
Category: Office of Research Publication Disputes on Consumer Credit Reports

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