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Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Checking Account Overdraft at Financial Institutions Served by Core Processors
Category: Press release
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CFPB Research Shows Banks’ Deep Dependence on Overdraft Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Overdraft/NSF Fee Reliance Since 2015 – Evidence from Bank Call Reports
Category: Press release
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CFPB Finds Credit Report Disputes Far More Common in Majority Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods
Category: Press release
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CFPB Orders Tech Giants to Turn Over Information on their Payment System Plans
Category: Press release
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CFPB, FTC and North Carolina Department of Justice File Amicus Brief in Henderson v. The Source for Public Data, L.P.
Category: Report Consumer Complaint Research Brief: Consumer complaints throughout the credit life cycle, by demographic characteristics
Category: Report 2021 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Rule to Shine New Light on Small Businesses’ Access to Credit
Category: Speech
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Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio at the Press Call on the Small Business Lending Proposed Rule
Category: Press release
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Mortgage refinance loans drove an increase in closed-end originations in 2020, new CFPB report finds
Category: Office of Research Publication 2020 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Report Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 Pandemic Response Metrics: Observations from Data Reported by Sixteen Servicers
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report: Mortgage Servicers’ Pandemic Response Varies Significantly
Category: Press release
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CFPB and FHFA Release Updated Data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations for Public Use
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: COVID-19 issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Office of Research Publication Commercial Credit on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Blog
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The trends of commercial credit reporting on consumer credit
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Highlights Supervisory Findings of Wide-Ranging Violations of Law in 2020
Category: Blog
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HMDA Threshold Report Blog
Category: Office of Research Publication A Brief Note on General Lending Patterns of Small to Medium Size Closed-end HMDA Reporters
Category: Office of Research Publication Manufactured Housing Finance: New Insights from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Mortgage forbearance issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Report Measuring the financial well-being of Hispanics: 2018 Financial Well-being Score Benchmarks
Category: Office of Research Publication Changes in consumer financial status during the early months of the pandemic
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: County-level demographic overview of consumer complaints
Category: Report 2020 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release
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CFPB Annual Complaint Report Highlights More Than a Half-Million Complaints Received in 2020
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
Category: Blog
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Credit card debt fell even for consumers who were having financial difficulties before the pandemic
Category: Report 2020 College credit card agreements
Category: Office of Research Publication An updated review of the new and revised data points in HMDA: Further observations using the 2019 HMDA data
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Analysis of HMDA Data Points
Category: Report Bureau Symposium: Consumer Access to Financial Records, a summary of the proceedings
Category: Blog
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What to consider when sharing your financial data
Category: Press release
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CFPB Announces Plan to Issue ANPR on Consumer-Authorized Access to Financial Data
Category: Press release
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CFPB Announces New Capability for the Consumer Complaint Database, Expands Ability to View Complaint Data Over Time
Category: Report July Complaint Bulletin: Complaints mentioning coronavirus keywords
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Recent trends in debt settlement and credit counseling
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report on Debt Settlements and Credit Counseling
Category: Press release
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FFIEC Announces Availability of 2019 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: 2019 mortgage market activity and trends
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Consumer Complaint Bulletin
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Complaints mentioning coronavirus keywords
Category: Blog
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Protecting consumers and encouraging innovation: 2019 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Adds Enhancements to Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Blog
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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: Report 2019 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
Category: Report 2019 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog
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A new retrospective on the removal of public records
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Public records, credit scores, and credit performance
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Borrower experiences on income-driven repayment
Category: Blog
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New report shows how student loan borrowers fare on Income-Driven Repayment Plans
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases New Report Exploring Differences between Large and Small Mortgage Servicers
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Servicer size in the mortgage market
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Background Screening Reports
Category: Blog
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New report explores trends in consumer bankruptcy
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Consumer Bankruptcy, BAPCPA, and the Great Recession
Category: Blog
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New report explores the relationship between Financial Well-Being and the contents of and engagement with credit reports
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit Characteristics, Credit Engagement Tools, and Financial Well-Being
Category: Blog
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Facts you can use about the Equifax settlement
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit card revolvers
Category: Blog
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New report explores the extent of revolving in the U.S. credit card market
Category: Report Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Category: Blog
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New report explores when consumers apply for credit cards as their credit scores change
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Timing of Applications for Consumer Credit
Category: Blog
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Servicemembers exhibit higher levels of financial well-being than the U.S. population overall
Category: Blog
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Veterans’ financial well-being is good, but challenges remain
Category: Report 2018 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog
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Get your credit on track with our new booklet
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog
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Data provides first industry-wide look at mortgages to servicemembers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Mortgages to First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our latest list of consumer reporting companies
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs – Annual Report
Category: Blog
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Here’s what we’re hearing from servicemembers, veterans, and military families
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Committees Meet to Discuss Emerging Trends in Financial Services Technology
Category: Blog
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Natural disaster assistance is reported on a minority of credit records among potentially affected consumers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting
Category: Office of Research Publication Technical Reports: National Survey of Mortgage Originations and National Mortgage Database
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and Federal Housing Finance Agency Release National Survey of Mortgage Originations Dataset for Public Use
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Report and RFI on the Bureau’s Sources and Uses of Data
Category: Blog
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New research report on the geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Telecommunications debt collection
Category: Blog
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More than 1-in-5 consumers had telecommunications-related collections on their consumer report in the past 5 years
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Final student loan payments and broader household borrowing
Category: Blog
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New research report on student loan repayment and broader household borrowing
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: End-of-year credit card borrowing
Category: Blog
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Aggregate credit card borrowing exhibits end-of-year seasonal patterns which vary across different sets of consumers
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Debt collection
Category: Report Know Before You Owe: Mortgage shopping study
Category: Report 2017 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Public records
Category: Blog
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Removal of public records has little effect on consumers’ credit scores

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