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Category: Press release
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CFPB and FTC Take Actions Against TransUnion for Illegal Rental Background Check and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Press release
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CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
Category: Blog
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What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Blog
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Financial struggles in Puerto Rico bite deeper than the rest of the United States
Category: Press release
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CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Consumer risks posed by employer-driven debt
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Shows Workers Face Risks from Employer-Driven Debt
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Snap Finance for Illegally Luring Americans into Expensive Financing and Bullying Borrowers Using False Threats
Category: Blog
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What’s ahead for Bank of America and its customers
Category: Press release
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State Partners and CFPB Sue Prehired For Illegal Student Lending Practices
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: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Phoenix Financial Services for Illegal Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Press release
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CFPB Action to Require Citizens Bank to Pay $9 Million Penalty for Unlawful Credit Card Servicing
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: Press release
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CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Illegal Collection Tactics on Zombie Mortgages
Category: Press release
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CFPB Joins Other Financial Regulatory Agencies in Issuing Statement on Completing the LIBOR Transition
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on Zombie Mortgage Debt
Category: Blog
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Office of Research blog: Who gets sued in civil courts? Civil judgments are not evenly distributed
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: Press release
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CFPB Orders Repeat Offender Portfolio Recovery Associates to Pay More Than $24 Million for Continued Illegal Debt Collection Practices and Consumer Reporting Violations
Category: Press release
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CFPB Enhances Tool to Promote Competition and Comparison Shopping in Credit Card Market
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Public Benefits Delivery & Consumer Protection
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 Finds One-Third Decline in Collections Items on Consumer Credit Reports
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: Press release
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CFPB Seeks Public Input on Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Halt Debt Collection Mill From Bombarding Consumers with Junk Lawsuits
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2022: Insights from the CFPB Making Ends Meet survey
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Finds Household Financial Health is Declining after Several Years of Increased Savings
Category: Blog
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You can help caregivers spot illegal nursing home debt collection tactics
Category: Blog
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Protecting borrowers’ control over their money
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Blog
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Your voices help drive our work
Category: Report 2022 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
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: 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: Blog
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Beware of scammers pretending to be from the CFPB
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 Takes Action to Protect the Public from Shoddy Data Security Practices
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: Office of Research Publication Consumer Credit Trends Report: Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks to the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
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: 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
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CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Financial well-being in America, from 2017 to 2020
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 and New York Attorney General Shut Down Debt Collection Ring
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Blog
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How to prevent and report scams targeting older adults
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: Office of Research Publication Credit card late fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Emergency Savings and Financial Security: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel
Category: Blog
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The Fed is raising interest rates. What does that mean for borrowers and savers?
Category: Blog
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Shining a Spotlight on Workers’ Financial Experiences
Category: Report 2021 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Medical debt burden in the United States
Category: Blog
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If you’re a homeowner struggling to make housing-related payments due to the pandemic, help is available or coming soon
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: Blog
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The hidden cost of junk fees
Category: Report Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace
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: 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: Office of Research Publication Consumer finances during the pandemic: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Blog
Archived
Making Ends Meet series: Consumer finances during the pandemic
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 25, Fall 2021
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: Report Data Spotlight: Suspicious Activity Reports on Elder Financial Exploitation
Category: Office of Research Publication Disputes on Consumer Credit Reports

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