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Category: Report Snapshot of older consumers and student loan debt
Category: Blog Four tips to help older student loan borrowers navigate common problems with their student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Consumer Credit Trends Tool to Help Forecast Potential Consumer Risks
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Recovers $11 Million for 225,000 Harmed Consumers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 13 (Fall 2016)
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Report Annual report of the CFPB student loan ombudsman 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Projects that One-in-Three Rehabilitated Student Loan Borrowers Will Re-default Within Two Years
Category: Blog You have the right to pay off your student loan as fast as you can, without a penalty
Category: Blog La deuda estudiantil afecta considerablemente a las comunidades de color
Category: Blog The significant impact of student debt on communities of color
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Bridgepoint Education, Inc. for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Blog ¿Tomó préstamos estudiantiles para asistir al ITT Tech? Pues, debe saber que tiene opciones.
Category: Blog Did you take out student loans to attend ITT Tech? You have options.
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wells Fargo for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog Trying to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan? Avoid #ApplicationAbyss with our tips and resources.
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Consumers Complain Of Needless Hurdles In Applying For Lower Student Loan Payments
Category: Report Midyear Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Blog Consumers Count: Tools and resources for money decisions
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Student Loan Servicing Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Student Loan 'Payback Playbook' to Provide Borrowers With Personalized Snapshot of Repayment Options
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Loan Payback Playbook Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Illegal Student Debt Relief Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Nationwide Student Financial Aid Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Wins Default Judgment Against Corinthian Colleges for Engaging in a Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment
Category: Blog New signs of trouble for student loan borrowers
Category: Blog What’s that chip doing on my credit card?
Category: Report Student loan servicing
Category: Press release CFPB Concerned About Widespread Servicing Failures Reported by Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Blog When you make student loan payments on an income-driven plan, you might be in for a payment shock
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for Illegal Recurring Billing Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Discover Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog It’s not too late to share your #studentdebtstress story
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Continue To Face Roadblocks From Student Loan Servicers
Category: Report Overseas & Underserved: Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Field Hearing on Student Loans
Category: Blog Live from Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry Into Student Loan Servicing Practices
Category: Blog Reminder: What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Blog Save the date, Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Ohio College Presidents’ Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the President’s Advisory Council
Category: Blog Special announcement for Corinthian students
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Safe Student Account Scorecard
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Category: Blog Struggling private student loan borrowers are still searching for help
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Announcement on Public Service and Student Debt
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Student loan debt doesn’t have to be scary: Leah’s story
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Small Debit Purchases Lead to Expensive Overdraft Charges
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Overdraft Data Point Press Call
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Blog What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Rohit Chopra before the Committee on the Budget
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the 2014 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Category: Report Mid-year report on private student loans 2014
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Co-signers can cause surprise defaults on your private student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face “Auto-Default” When Co-Signer Dies or Goes Bankrupt
Category: Blog Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
Category: Blog Choosing a college is a big deal. We can help!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit College Chain ITT For Predatory Lending
Category: Blog What sunshine for student financial products can show us
Category: Blog We asked about your student loans and you answered
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
Category: Blog Four steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Blog Helping student loan borrowers stay afloat
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Loan Servicer Supervision Rule Press Call
Category: Blog Tell us how you tackle your student debt
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Rohit Chopra Before the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Private Student Loan Payment Processing Pitfalls
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Stop getting sidetracked by your student loan servicer
Category: Blog Explainer: scoring student loan servicers
Category: Blog Reminder: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Report Public service and student debt
Category: Blog A closer look at the trillion