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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: Blog New report shows how student loan borrowers fare on Income-Driven Repayment Plans
Category: Press release CFPB Releases New Report Exploring Differences between Large and Small Mortgage Servicers
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Servicer size in the mortgage market
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Background Screening Reports
Category: Blog New report explores trends in consumer bankruptcy
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Consumer Bankruptcy, BAPCPA, and the Great Recession
Category: Blog New report explores the relationship between Financial Well-Being and the contents of and engagement with credit reports
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit Characteristics, Credit Engagement Tools, and Financial Well-Being
Category: Blog Datos que debe saber sobre el acuerdo con Equifax
Category: Blog Facts you can use about the Equifax settlement
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit card revolvers
Category: Blog New report explores the extent of revolving in the U.S. credit card market
Category: Report Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Category: Blog New report explores when consumers apply for credit cards as their credit scores change
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Timing of Applications for Consumer Credit
Category: Blog Servicemembers exhibit higher levels of financial well-being than the U.S. population overall
Category: Blog Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Help the multilingual communities you serve
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Plan to Review Rules Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Category: Blog Promising practices and lessons learned for Child Savings Account programs
Category: Blog Financial information and tools available to help people transitioning from incarceration
Category: Blog Veterans’ financial well-being is good, but challenges remain
Category: Blog Need help with your credit card debt? Start with your credit card company!
Category: Report 2018 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Blog Get your credit on track with our new booklet
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog Data provides first industry-wide look at mortgages to servicemembers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Mortgages to First-time Homebuying Servicemembers
Category: Blog Know your data: Our latest list of consumer reporting companies
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reaches Settlement with Enova International, Inc.
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs – Annual Report
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from servicemembers, veterans, and military families
Category: Press release Regulators Encourage Institutions to Work with Borrowers Affected by Government Shutdown
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Committees Meet to Discuss Emerging Trends in Financial Services Technology
Category: Blog Natural disaster assistance is reported on a minority of credit records among potentially affected consumers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting
Category: Speech Toward a 21st century approach to consumer protection
Category: Office of Research Publication Technical Reports: National Survey of Mortgage Originations and National Mortgage Database
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and Federal Housing Finance Agency Release National Survey of Mortgage Originations Dataset for Public Use
Category: Blog Build a brighter future by saving at tax time
Category: Blog Child savings accounts help families build assets
Category: Report Child savings accounts: Advancing the field to better serve traditionally underserved consumers
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: 50 state report
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Report and RFI on the Bureau’s Sources and Uses of Data
Category: Blog New research report on the geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
Category: Blog 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 More than 1-in-5 consumers had telecommunications-related collections on their consumer report in the past 5 years
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Final student loan payments and broader household borrowing
Category: Blog New research report on student loan repayment and broader household borrowing
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: End-of-year credit card borrowing
Category: Blog Aggregate credit card borrowing exhibits end-of-year seasonal patterns which vary across different sets of consumers
Category: Report Complaint snapshot: Debt collection
Category: Report Know Before You Owe: Mortgage shopping study
Category: Report 2017 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Public records
Category: Blog Removal of public records has little effect on consumers’ credit scores
Category: Report Spotlight on serving limited English proficient consumers
Category: Blog Five ways banks and lenders work with people who speak or understand limited English
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Sharp Increase In Riskier Longer-Term Auto Loans
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly consumer credit trends: Growth in longer-term auto loans
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 26
Category: Press release Newly Available Data Shows Lowest Mortgage Delinquency Rate Since the Financial Crisis
Category: Report Consumer Protection Principles: Consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation
Category: Press release CFPB Outlines Principles For Consumer-Authorized Financial Data Sharing and Aggregation
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule To Stop Payday Debt Traps
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Payday Rule Press Call
Category: Press release FFIEC Announces Availability of 2016 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Blog Want to see where you stand financially? Start with these 10 questions
Category: Press release CFPB's First National Survey on Financial Well-Being Shows More Than 40 Percent of U.S. Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Category: Report Financial well-being in America
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Ohio Land Bank Conference
Category: Blog If you are a tax preparer, we’ve got tips you can use to help people save and build assets during tax time
Category: Report Building the capacity of tax preparation providers to encourage saving
Category: Blog Too many student loan borrowers struggling, not enough benefiting from affordable repayment options
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Percentage of Borrowers with $20K in Student Debt Doubled Over Last Decade
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Student loan repayment
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Frequent overdrafters
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 25
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Companies Against Tricking Consumers Into Expensive Pay-By-Phone Fees
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 24
Category: Press release CFPB Releases State-Level Snapshot of Consumer Complaints
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Becoming credit visible
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Study Finds Consumers in Lower-income Areas are More Likely to Become Credit Visible Due to Negative Records
Category: Blog How we keep you safe in the consumer financial marketplace
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Complaints from Older Consumers
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 23
Category: Report CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale: Scale development technical report
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 22
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Student Loan Complaints
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director David Silberman at the Community Bank Advisory Council
Category: Blog 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 CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Nationstar Mortgage for Flawed Mortgage Loan Reporting
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the LendIt USA Conference