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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: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Enhance Consumer Complaint Database
Category: Speech
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Director Kraninger’s Speech at the National Consumer Empowerment Conference
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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What to do if you’re wrongfully billed for Medicare costs
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: Report 2018 Consumer Response annual report
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: Report Complaint snapshot: Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families 50 State Report
Category: Blog
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A 2018 review of financial concerns facing 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: Report Complaint snapshot: Mortgage
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reaches Settlement with Enova International, Inc.
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs – Annual Report
Category: Blog
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Here’s what we’re hearing from servicemembers, veterans, and military families
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 Settles with Cash Express
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Blog
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Bureau releases 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 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: Blog
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Bureau roundtables seek public input
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: Press release
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CFPB Issues Request for Information on Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
Category: Report 2017 Consumer Response annual report
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: Press release
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CFPB Issues Request For Information On Consumer Complaint Reporting
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 Consumer voices on overdraft programs
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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Tips for servicemembers with student debt
Category: Blog
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Complaints show military families and non-military families have different experiences in the financial marketplace
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 26
Category: Blog
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A 50-state look at complaints about student loans
Category: Blog
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How to get a handle on debt
Category: Report Annual report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman 2017
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Finds Consumer Complaints Spurred Actions That Brought More Than $750 Million in Relief for Student Loan Borrowers
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: Press release
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CFPB Takes Action Against Aequitas Capital Management for Aiding Corinthian Colleges' Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog
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Behind on bills: Three steps to help you make tough choices in tight moments
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 25
Category: Blog
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The voice of the consumer
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: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 24
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases State-Level Snapshot of Consumer Complaints
Category: Report Consumer insights on managing funds at retirement
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 Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Complaints from Older Consumers
Category: Speech
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Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the People and Places Conference
Category: Blog
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A snapshot of complaints made by older consumers
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 23
Category: Blog
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Our office of Servicemember Affairs guides you through the financial hurdles of your military career
Category: Report The Office of Servicemember Affairs: Charting our course through the military lifecycle
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: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 22
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Student Loan Complaints
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 2016 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 21
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report 2017
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 20
Category: Press release
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CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 19

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