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Category: Blog New students should look closely at college-sponsored bank accounts and shop around
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Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story
Category: Blog It’s not too late to share your #studentdebtstress story
Category: Report Overseas & Underserved: Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Continue To Face Roadblocks From Student Loan Servicers
Category: Blog Today we begin to share the story of your complaints
Category: Blog Applying for a mortgage can be complicated: Navid’s story
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Category: Blog Sound off on student loan servicing
Category: Op-ed Stressed out by student debt
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 We’re making progress toward ensuring fair access to credit
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: Blog Save the date: Join us for an Academic Research Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog Live from Richmond!
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
Category: Blog Save the date, Richmond!
Category: Blog Live from Newark!
Category: Blog We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the President’s Advisory Council
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Blog Save the date, Newark!
Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Press release CFPB Secures $480 Million in Debt Relief for Current and Former Corinthian Students
Category: Blog Special announcement for Corinthian students
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Accounts Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Safe Student Account Scorecard
Category: Report Consumers’ Mortgage Shopping Experience
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Blog Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Category: Report 2014 College credit card agreements
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 Save the date, Oklahoma City!
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Blog Save the date, Wilmington, DE!
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
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: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Community Bank Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog Encontrando la ayuda que necesitas, en el idioma que entiendes – La historia de Higinio
Category: Blog Getting the help you need, in the language you understand – Higinio’s story
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Announcement on Public Service and Student Debt
Category: Blog Live from Indianapolis!
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from predatory auto loans: Harry and Ari’s story
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 Disputing debt you never owed: William’s story
Category: Blog Student loan debt doesn’t have to be scary: Leah’s story
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Blog Alerting colleges about secret banking contracts
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Checking account overdraft
Category: Report 2014 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Blog Everyone has a story—what’s yours?
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 CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
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: Speech Statement by CFPB’s Holly Petraeus on DOJ, FDIC Enforcement Actions Against Sallie Mae
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 State Treasurers
Category: Speech Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference
Category: Blog Behind the numbers: Servicemember complaints
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Deputy Director Antonakes at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2014 Banking Outlook Conference
Category: Blog We’re protecting students from predatory lending
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ITT Enforcement Action Press Conference
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: Blog New feedback system for GI Bill and Tuition Assistance recipients
Category: Blog Helping student loan borrowers stay afloat
Category: Blog It’s closing time: Tell us about your experience closing on a mortgage
Category: Report 2013 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog Sunshine for student financial products