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Category: Report Data Spotlight: Financial well-being in America, from 2017 to 2020
Category: Blog
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Protecting servicemembers from abuses of the military allotment system
Category: Blog
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Loan Cancellation for Student Loan Borrowers Who Attended Corinthian Colleges
Category: Blog
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FFELP student loan borrowers: take full advantage of fixes to Income-Driven Repayment
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Financial challenges faced by recently widowed older adults
Category: Blog
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Data spotlight: Older adults living in mobile homes
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Profiles of older adults living in mobile homes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Blog
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How to prevent and report scams targeting older adults
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Spotlights Medical Billing Challenges
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Challenges in Rural Banking Access
Category: Office of Research Publication Student Loan Borrowers Potentially At-Risk when Payment Suspension Ends
Category: Blog
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The student loan pause was extended—three things to keep in mind
Category: Blog
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Busting myths about bankruptcy and private student loans
Category: Blog
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Climate risk should be considered in housing decisions
Category: Speech
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Director Chopra’s Opening Remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sanctions Edfinancial for Lying about Student Loan Cancellation
Category: Director's statement
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CFPB Director Chopra Statement on Edfinancial and Student Loan Cancellation for Public Service
Category: Office of Research Publication New Data on the Characteristics of Mortgage Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Office of Research Publication Emergency Savings and Financial Security: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Medical debt among older adults before the pandemic
Category: Report 2021 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release
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CFPB Estimates $88 Billion in Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Blog
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New VA rule relieves financial distress for thousands of veterans with medical bills
Category: Blog
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The hidden cost of junk fees
Category: Report Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace
Category: Blog
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Don’t let sloppy servicing keep you from benefitting under the PSLF Fix before it expires on October 31, 2022
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Examine Colleges’ In-House Lending Practices
Category: Blog
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CFPB releases report on diversity and inclusion within financial services
Category: Blog
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Our public inquiry on buy now, pay later
Category: Blog
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Protecting servicemembers from predatory lending
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer finances during the pandemic: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Blog
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Making Ends Meet series: Consumer finances during the pandemic
Category: Press release
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CFPB and DOJ Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights
Category: Blog
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Know before you buy (now, pay later) this holiday season
Category: Blog
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The LIBOR index for adjustable-rate loans is being discontinued: here’s what to watch for
Category: Speech
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Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the Elder Justice Coordinating Council Meeting
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Checking Account Overdraft at Financial Institutions Served by Core Processors
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Overdraft/NSF Fee Reliance Since 2015 – Evidence from Bank Call Reports
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Suspicious Activity Reports on Elder Financial Exploitation
Category: Press release
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CFPB Sues Pawn Lenders for Cheating Military Families
Category: Office of Research Publication Disputes on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Press release
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CFPB Finds Credit Report Disputes Far More Common in Majority Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods
Category: Report 2021 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release
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CFPB Joins Other Financial Regulatory Agencies in Issuing Statement on Discontinuation of LIBOR
Category: Blog
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The CFPB is looking out for families, workers, and communities
Category: Blog
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Volunteering to help people make the most of the tax refund. An opportunity to give back
Category: Blog
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New rule ensures mortgage servicers provide options to potentially vulnerable borrowers exiting forbearance
Category: Blog
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Comparing auto loans for borrowers with subprime credit scores
Category: Office of Research Publication Subprime Auto Loan Outcomes by Lender Type
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report: Consumer Complaint Submission Patterns Vary by Demographic Characteristics of Census Tract
Category: Office of Research Publication Financial conditions for renters before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report: Renters at Risk as COVID-19 Safety Net Ends
Category: Report Guide to Remote Financial Coaching
Category: Report 2021 College credit card agreements
Category: Blog
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Credit access declined during the pandemic for credit cards, but increased for mortgages and auto loans
Category: Office of Research Publication 2020 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Press release
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Mortgage refinance loans drove an increase in closed-end originations in 2020, new CFPB report finds
Category: Blog
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Everyone deserves a second chance. Use our tools to financially empower people in transition from incarceration
Category: Blog
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Credit card limits are rising for most groups after stagnating during the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Credit card use is still declining compared to pre-pandemic levels
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Online Tool to Help Renters and Landlords Access Federal Assistance
Category: Press release
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CFPB Finds Credit Applications Have Mostly Recovered to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Category: Office of Research Publication The Recovery of Credit Applications to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Category: Consumer advisories
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Consumer advisory: Know your rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
Category: Blog
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We have resources to help you avoid foreclosure
Category: Blog
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Consumer Fraud Alert - Tips for avoiding VA home loan scams
Category: Press release
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CFPB and FDIC Release Enhanced Version of Money Smart for Older Adults
Category: Blog
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Trends in Reported Assistance on Consumers’ Credit Records
Category: Blog
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Should you buy now and pay later?
Category: Office of Research Publication Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Mortgage Market
Category: Office of Research Publication Commercial Credit on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Blog
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Dedicating July to military consumer protection
Category: Blog
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The trends of commercial credit reporting on consumer credit
Category: Press release
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CFPB Report Highlights Supervisory Findings of Wide-Ranging Violations of Law in 2020
Category: Blog
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New data show improving yet sustained housing insecurity risks
Category: Blog
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Delinquencies on credit accounts continue to be low despite the pandemic
Category: Blog
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HMDA Threshold Report Blog
Category: Office of Research Publication A Brief Note on General Lending Patterns of Small to Medium Size Closed-end HMDA Reporters
Category: Blog
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Practitioner tools for navigating financial exchanges with family and friends
Category: Blog
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Summary of the 2021 CFPB Research Conference
Category: Office of Research Publication Manufactured Housing Finance: New Insights from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Category: Report Financial Coaching Initiative: Results and Lessons Learned
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report
Category: Blog
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The Office of Servicemember Affairs year in review: Working together to protect servicemembers, veterans, and military families
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer use of payday, auto title, and pawn loans: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Blog
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Consumer use of payday, auto title, and pawn loans
Category: Office of Research Publication Characteristics of Mortgage Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog
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Celebrating older adults and the communities of strength supporting them
Category: Report Measuring the financial well-being of Hispanics: 2018 Financial Well-being Score Benchmarks
Category: Office of Research Publication Changes in consumer financial status during the early months of the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Making Ends Meet series: Changes in consumer financial status during the early months of the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Money Smarts for Military Families
Category: Blog
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How we’re helping consumers during Financial Capability Month
Category: Blog
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A complete guide to COVID-19 financial relief
Category: Blog
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Borrowing or lending money to family or friends? Use this worksheet
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: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Payment Processor and Its Former CEO for Supporting Internet-Based Technical-Support Scams

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