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Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Report Finding a Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements in 2020
Category: Blog
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Did you get a notice that your student loans are transferring to a new servicer? Learn more about what this means for you
Category: Press release
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CFPB Proposes Rule to Shine New Light on Small Businesses’ Access to Credit
Category: Speech
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Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio at the Press Call on the Small Business Lending Proposed Rule
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: Blog
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Rental assistance may help you and your tenants get through the pandemic
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24, Summer 2021
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio at the National Association of Attorneys General Spring Consumer Protection Conference
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission Put Nation’s Largest Landlords on Notice About Tenants’ Pandemic Protections
Category: Press release
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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
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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: 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
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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: Blog
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Bureau seeks formal comments to inform forthcoming guidance on serving LEP consumers
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with Debt Collector for Credit Reporting Violation
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule to Implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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
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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: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Requests Information on the Impact of the CARD Act Regulations on Small Entities and the Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Blog
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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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Coronavirus and dealing with debt: Tips to help ease the impact
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: Blog
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Going virtual with your financial consultations during the Coronavirus emergency
Category: Blog
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Tips to stay on top of your finances during the coronavirus pandemic
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
Category: Office of Research Publication Quantitative Survey Testing of Model Disclosure Clauses and Forms for Debt Collection: Methodology Report
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 21 (Winter 2020)
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Consumer Reporting Special Edition, Issue No. 20 (Fall 2019)
Category: Blog
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How to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and scammers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 19 (Summer 2019)
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Asset Recovery Associates
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report on Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Extends Comment Period for Debt Collection Proposal
Category: Press release
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CFPB and the New York Attorney General Settle with Debt Collection Group
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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Budgeting: How to create a budget and stick with it
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Forster & Garbus, LLP
Category: Blog
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Help the multilingual communities you serve
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Plan to Review Rules Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Category: Blog
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What to do if you’re wrongfully billed for Medicare costs
Category: Blog
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Promising practices and lessons learned for Child Savings Account programs
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Regulations to Implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Blog
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Financial information and tools available to help people transitioning from incarceration
Category: Speech
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Speech at the Bipartisan Policy Center By Kathleen L. Kraninger Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Category: Blog
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Need help with your credit card debt? Start with your credit card company!
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on 2018 Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2019
Category: Blog
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New protections for servicemembers and veterans alert
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Cash Tyme
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reaches Settlement with Enova International, Inc.
Category: Press release
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Regulators Encourage Institutions to Work with Borrowers Affected by Government Shutdown
Category: Blog
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Resolve to take control of your debt in the new year
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Committees Meet to Discuss Emerging Trends in Financial Services Technology
Category: Speech
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Toward a 21st century approach to consumer protection
Category: Blog
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Build a brighter future by saving at tax time
Category: Blog
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Child savings accounts help families build assets
Category: Report Child savings accounts: Advancing the field to better serve traditionally underserved consumers
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with Cash Express
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Blog
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Your top debt collection questions answered
Category: Press release
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles With Bluestem
Category: Blog
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Helpful tips for using mobile payment services and avoiding risky mistakes
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Telecommunications debt collection
Category: Blog
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More than 1-in-5 consumers had telecommunications-related collections on their consumer report in the past 5 years
Category: Blog
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WARNO: New security clearance guidelines make it more important than ever for servicemembers to monitor their credit
Category: Press release
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Bureau Settles With National Credit Adjusters, LLC and Bradley Hochstein
Category: Blog
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Complaint snapshot: An analysis of debt collection complaints
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Debt collection
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2018
Category: Press release
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CFPB And FTC Partner To Report On 2017 Activities To Combat Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Report The consumer credit card market
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report on the State of the Credit Card Market
Category: Report Spotlight on serving limited English proficient consumers
Category: Blog
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Five ways banks and lenders work with people who speak or understand limited English
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Think Finance For Collecting On Debts That Consumers Did Not Legally Owe
Category: Blog
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How to spot a scammer
Category: Blog
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How to get a handle on debt
Category: Report Consumer Protection Principles: Consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation

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