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Category: Press release CFPB Warns Colleges About Secret Campus Credit Card Contracts
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Federation of America
Category: Press release CFPB Finds CARD Act Helped Consumers Avoid More Than $16 Billion in Gotcha Credit Card Fees
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report OSA semi-annual snapshot of servicemember complaints
Category: Report Mobile financial services: A summary of comments from the public on opportunities, challenges, and risks for the underserved
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment
Category: Blog New signs of trouble for student loan borrowers
Category: Blog What’s that chip doing on my credit card?
Category: Report Student loan servicing
Category: Blog When you make student loan payments on an income-driven plan, you might be in for a payment shock
Category: Blog You have the right to a fair financial marketplace
Category: Blog Citibank to refund $700 million to credit card customers for unfair and deceptive practices
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citibank to Pay $700 Million in Consumer Relief for Illegal Credit Card 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Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story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: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts
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: Blog Sound off on student loan servicing
Category: Blog Live from Milwaukee!
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Blog We’re making progress toward ensuring fair access to credit
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule Aimed at Improving Credit Card Agreement Submission Process
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: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry to Inform Agency Review of the Credit Card Market
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: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks to Improve Process for Industry Submission of Consumer Credit Card Agreements
Category: Blog Save the date, Newark!
Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Card Company to Refund $2.7 Million for Charging Illegal Credit Card Fees
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Report Consumers’ Mortgage Shopping Experience
Category: Blog Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
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: Blog Save the date, Oklahoma City!
Category: Blog Save the date, Wilmington, DE!
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 New Project Catalyst research pilot to study early intervention credit counseling
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Project Catalyst Research Pilot
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Blog Live from Indianapolis!
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from predatory auto loans: Harry and Ari’s story
Category: Blog Reminder for steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Blog Disputing debt you never owed: William’s story
Category: Blog You could still end up paying interest on a zero percent interest credit card offer
Category: Blog Student loan debt doesn’t have to be scary: Leah’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Checking account overdraft
Category: Blog Everyone has a story—what’s yours?
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the GE Capital Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE Capital to Pay $225 Million in Consumer Relief for Deceptive and Discriminatory Credit Card Practices
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Blog Explainer: Compensating consumers for Bank of America’s illegal tactics for credit card add-on products
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Bank of America Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Bank Of America To Pay $727 Million In Consumer Relief For Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Behind the numbers: Servicemember complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Blog What sunshine for student financial products can show us
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Steps to Improve Information About Access to Credit in the Mortgage Market
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
Category: Blog Four steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Blog It’s closing time: Tell us about your experience closing on a mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $59.5 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Report 2013 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog Sunshine for student financial products
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Financial Institutions to Publicly Disclose Campus Financial Agreements
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the CareCredit Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE CareCredit to Refund $34.1 Million for Deceptive Health-Care Credit Card Enrollment
Category: Blog Tell us how you tackle your student debt
Category: Blog Your chance to weigh in on debt collection practices
Category: Report CARD Act report
Category: Blog Live from Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Card Act Reduced Penalty Fees And Made Credit Card Costs Clearer
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CARD Act Field Hearing
Category: Speech Statement by CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Chase and JPMorgan Chase Enforcement Action
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Chase and JPMorgan Chase to Pay $309 Million Refund for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog Save the date, Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Blog Reserve la cita, Chicago, Illinois!
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Press release The CFPB Amends Card Act Rule to Make it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Testimony Testimony of Richard Cordray at the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Releasing complaint data about credit cards, mortgages, student loans, bank accounts, services, and other consumer loans