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Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Nursing Home Debt Collection
Category: Speech
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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: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Hyundai to Pay $19 Million for Widespread Credit Reporting Failures
Category: Blog
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Identifying and addressing the financial needs of immigrants
Category: Blog
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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
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CFPB and New York Attorney General Shut Down Debt Collection Ring
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Medical billing and collection issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Spotlights Medical Billing Challenges
Category: Blog
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Transcript Withholding Holds Back Workers and Wages
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2022
Category: Blog
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Protecting families and honest businesses from debt collection abuses
Category: Blog
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Know your rights and protections when it comes to medical bills and collections
Category: Report 2021 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog
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Overdraft fees can price people out of banking
Category: Blog
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New effort focused on financial issues facing rural communities
Category: Blog
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Shining a Spotlight on Workers’ Financial Experiences
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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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
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CFPB Issues Bulletin to Prevent Unlawful Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues United Holding Group, Its Affiliates, and Its Owners for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
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
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Hold credit reporting companies accountable for incorrect reports and shoddy service
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 25, Fall 2021
Category: Blog
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Understand how the CFPB’s Debt Collection Rule impacts you
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Stop False Identification by Background Screeners
Category: Report 2021 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Finds Declines in Credit Card Debt, New Applications and Increases in Digital Engagement in 2020
Category: Report Consumer Complaint Research Brief: Consumer complaints throughout the credit life cycle, by demographic characteristics
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report: Consumer Complaint Submission Patterns Vary by Demographic Characteristics of Census Tract
Category: Blog
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Four reasons why landlords should take advantage of federal rental assistance
Category: Press release
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CFPB Confirms Effective Date for Debt Collection Final Rules
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Uejio For AFR’s Celebration of the CFPB’s 10th Birthday
Category: Blog
Archived
Rental assistance may help you and your tenants get through the pandemic
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: COVID-19 issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Consumer Complaint Bulletin Highlights Consumers’ Difficulties During Pandemic
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24, Summer 2021
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio at the National Association of Attorneys General Spring Consumer Protection Conference
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Mortgage forbearance issues described in consumer complaints
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Reports Detailing Mortgage Borrowers’ Continuing COVID-19 Challenges
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Consumer Complaint Bulletin Examines County-Level Demographic Data
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: County-level demographic overview of consumer complaints
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and New York Attorney General File Suit to Seize Hidden Assets from Operator of Shuttered Debt Collection Scheme
Category: Blog
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Know your rights as a renter facing eviction
Category: Press release
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CFPB Rule Clarifies Tenants Can Hold Debt Collectors Accountable for Illegal Evictions
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio for the Interim Final Rule on CDC Eviction Moratorium Rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Delay of Effective Date for Recent Debt Collection Rules
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Debt Collector And Its Owner For Falsely Threatening Consumers with Legal Action
Category: Report 2020 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Annual Complaint Report Highlights More Than a Half-Million Complaints Received in 2020
Category: Press release
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CFPB Submits 2020 Report to Congress on the Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2021
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Operators of An Unlawful Student Loan Debt-Relief Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, COVID-19 Prioritized Assessments Special Edition (Issue 23)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule on Consumer Disclosures Related to Debt Collection
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Collector BounceBack, Inc.
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with Debt Collector for Credit Reporting Violation
Category: Blog
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How can a debt collector contact you? Our new rule will help clarify.
Category: Blog
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CFPB’s clear rules of the road for debt collector communications lead to stronger consumer rights
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Private Education Loan Ombudsman 2020
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles Lawsuit with Debt Collectors and Debt Buyers Encore Capital Group, Midland Funding, Midland Credit Management, and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.
Category: Press release
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CFPB, FTC, State, and Federal Law Enforcement Partners Announce Nationwide Crackdown on Phantom and Abusive Debt Collection
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Take Action Against Debt-Collection Operation and Its Owners and Managers
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Collectors and Debt Buyers Encore Capital Group, Midland Funding, Midland Credit Management, and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 22 (Summer 2020)
Category: Speech
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Oral Testimony of Director Kraninger Before the House Financial Services Committee
Category: Speech
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Oral Testimony of Director Kraninger Before the Senate Banking Committee
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: Blog
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Closing remarks: Consumer Financial Protection Week
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Updated COVID-19 Consumer Complaint Data
Category: Report July Complaint Bulletin: Complaints mentioning coronavirus keywords
Category: Blog
Archived
Alphabet soup: The ABCs of military consumer protection
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: Blog
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Turning complaint into action: The CFPB works for you
Category: Speech
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Remarks by Director Kraninger During Consumer Data Industry Association Webinar
Category: Blog
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Coronavirus and dealing with debt: Tips to help ease the impact
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Consumer Complaint Bulletin
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Complaints mentioning coronavirus keywords
Category: Press release
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CFPB to Provide Additional Extension of Comment Period for Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time Barred Debt
Category: Speech
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Director Kraninger Remarks During National Association of Realtors 2020 Legislative Meetings
Category: Speech
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Director Kraninger Remarks During Financial Literacy and Education Commission Public Meeting
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: Blog
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Tips to stay on top of your finances during the coronavirus pandemic
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019
Category: Report 2019 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2020
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on 2019 Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Office of Research Publication Disclosure of Time-Barred Debt and Revival: Findings from the CFPB’s Quantitative Disclosure Testing

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