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Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Guidance to Address Shoddy Investigation Practices by Consumer Reporting Companies
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action to Address Junk Data in Credit Reports
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding Required Financial Assistance in Medical Care
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: 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: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Lawsuit Against MoneyGram
Category: Press release
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CFPB and NY Attorney General Sue Repeat Offender MoneyGram For Leaving Families High and Dry
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: 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: 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
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Hold credit reporting companies accountable for incorrect reports and shoddy service
Category: Blog
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Know before you buy (now, pay later) this holiday season
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: Office of Research Publication Disputes on Consumer Credit 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, FTC and North Carolina Department of Justice File Amicus Brief in Henderson v. The Source for Public Data, L.P.
Category: Office of Research Publication Financial conditions for renters before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Blog
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Should you buy now and pay later?
Category: Blog
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Errors in your tenant screening report shouldn’t keep you from finding a place to call home
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: Office of Research Publication Changes in consumer financial status during the early months of the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Payment Amount Furnishing & Consumer Reporting
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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New report explores the prevalence of actual payment information in consumer credit reporting
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 22 (Summer 2020)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Remittance Transfer Providers for Remittance Transfer Rule Violations
Category: Blog
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Protecting your credit during the coronavirus pandemic
Category: Blog
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What to consider when sharing your financial data
Category: Report Targeting credit builder loans
Category: Press release
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CFPB Study Shows Financial Product Could Help Consumers Build Credit
Category: Blog
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Consumer reporting and the CARES Act
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Commonwealth of Massachusetts File Suit Against Credit-Repair Telemarketers
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Monster Loans, Thomas Chou, Sean Cowell, and Related Companies
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Remittance Rule
Category: Office of Research Publication The early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on credit applications
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Shows Substantial Decline in Credit Applications in March
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Credit Reporting Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic
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 Announces Action Against Monster Loans, Lend Tech Loans, and Student-Loan Debt-Relief Companies
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Public records, credit scores, and credit performance
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Consumer Reporting Special Edition, Issue No. 20 (Fall 2019)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Military Travel Lender and Servicer
Category: Blog
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Applying for a job? It’s important to know what goes into your background screening reports
Category: Press release
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CFPB and FTC to Host December Workshop on Accuracy in Consumer Reporting
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: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 19 (Summer 2019)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Maxitransfers Corporation
Category: Blog
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Facts you can use about the Equifax settlement
Category: Blog
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An update on credit access and the Bureau’s first No-Action Letter
Category: Speech
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Statement by Kathy Kraninger at CFPB/FTC Equifax Settlement Press Conference
Category: Press release
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CFPB, FTC and States Announce Settlement with Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach
Category: Report Building a bridge to credit visibility report
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on Third-Party Debt Collections
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Third-Party Debt Collections Tradeline Reporting
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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Check these items off your student loan to-do list
Category: Blog
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5 ways you can guard against identity theft
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Request for Information on Remittance Rule
Category: Report Remittance rule assessment report
Category: Blog
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A no-cost way to prepare your credit for a big purchase
Category: Blog
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Credit mistakes that could be costing you money
Category: Blog
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New protections available for minors under 16
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Mortgages to First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog
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New protections for servicemembers and veterans alert
Category: Blog
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Common errors people find on their credit report - and how to get them fixed
Category: Blog
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Know your data: Our latest list of consumer reporting companies
Category: Blog
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Credit score myths that might be holding you back from improving your credit
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with State Farm Bank
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

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