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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: Office of Research Publication Data point: Small business lending and the Great Recession
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: Office of Research Publication Data point: Borrower experiences on income-driven repayment
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Servicer size in the mortgage market
Category: Blog
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How to tell the difference between a legitimate debt collector and scammers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Consumer Bankruptcy, BAPCPA, and the Great Recession
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 19 (Summer 2019)
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit Characteristics, Credit Engagement Tools, and Financial Well-Being
Category: Office of Research Publication Planning for tax-time savings
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: 2018 Mortgage market activity and trends
Category: Office of Research Publication Introducing New and Revised Data Points in HMDA
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: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit card revolvers
Category: Blog
Archived
Budgeting: How to create a budget and stick with it
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Timing of Applications for Consumer Credit
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Forster & Garbus, LLP
Category: Blog
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What to do if you’re wrongfully billed for Medicare costs
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: 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: 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: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting
Category: Office of Research Publication Technical Reports: National Survey of Mortgage Originations and National Mortgage Database
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: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
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: Office of Research Publication Data point: Final student loan payments and broader household borrowing
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: End-of-year credit card borrowing
Category: Blog
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Complaint snapshot: An analysis of debt collection complaints
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Debt collection
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: 2017 mortgage market activity and trends
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: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Public records
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 Federal Reserve Bulletins on Trends in Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Data
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: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Growth in longer-term auto loans
Category: Blog
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How to get a handle on debt
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Debt-Relief Companies Illegally Posing As Federal Government
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Interim Final Rule To Help Mortgage Servicers Communicate With Certain Borrowers At Risk Of Foreclosure
Category: Blog
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Servicemembers and debt collection: Sharing your stories
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, Transworld Systems for Illegal Student Loan Debt Collection Lawsuits
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2017
Category: Press release
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CFPB Supervision Recovers $14 Million in First Half of 2017 for Over 100,000 Consumers Harmed by Illegal Practices
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2018
Category: Blog
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Here’s what you should know if you were harmed by Morgan Drexen
Category: Blog
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Got a check in the mail from the CFPB? Here’s how to tell if it’s legit
Category: Report A nationwide look at how student debt impacts older adults
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Student loan repayment
Category: Blog
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Behind on bills: Three steps to help you make tough choices in tight moments
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Frequent overdrafters
Category: Blog
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How to respond when a debt collector contacts you in three easy steps
Category: Blog
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Top five consumer financial complaints reported across the U.S.
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Becoming credit visible
Category: Blog
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The IRS is using private debt collectors. Here’s what you should know.
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Finds That 9 in 10 of the Highest-Risk Student Loan Borrowers Were Not Enrolled in Affordable Repayment Plans
Category: Press release
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CFPB Files Suit Against Law Firm for Misrepresenting Attorney Involvement in Collection of Millions of Debts
Category: Blog
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Understanding Consumer Experiences: Insights from CFPB’s 2016 Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report 2017
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Debt Relief Attorneys for Collecting Illegal Fees from Struggling Consumers
Category: Blog
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Your voice, your story. Consumer views on debt collection
Category: Press release
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CFPB Survey Finds Over One-In-Four Consumers Contacted By Debt Collectors Feel Threatened
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the CFPB Debt Collection Event
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Experiences With Debt Collection: Findings From the CFPB’s Survey on Consumer Views on Debt
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Online debt sales
Category: Blog
Archived
Consumer experiences with debt collection: Findings from our survey
Category: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Two Law Firms for Misrepresenting Attorney Involvement to Collect on Medical Debts
Category: Report Snapshot of older consumers and student loan debt
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 18
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Collection Complaints
Category: Press release
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CFPB and New York Attorney General File Lawsuit Against Illegal Nationwide Debt Collection Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 13 (Fall 2016)
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Report Annual report of the CFPB student loan ombudsman 2016
Category: Press release
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CFPB Projects that One-in-Three Rehabilitated Student Loan Borrowers Will Re-default Within Two Years

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