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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 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: Blog
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Trends in Reported Assistance on Consumers’ Credit Records
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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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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Summary of the 2021 CFPB Research Conference
Category: Office of Research Publication Manufactured Housing Finance: New Insights from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
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: 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: Report Fair Lending Report 2020
Category: Blog
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Protecting consumers through a pandemic: 2020 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Press release
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New Report From Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Over 11 Million Families At Risk Of Losing Housing
Category: Report Housing insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Blog
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New report highlights housing insecurity and the need for aggressive action
Category: Blog
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The Bureau is working hard to address housing insecurity, promote racial equity, and protect small businesses’ access to credit
Category: Blog
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Experiment suggests people pay down debt but keep savings cushion
Category: Office of Research Publication Balancing savings and debt: Findings from an online experiment
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Credit Union Administration Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Category: Report 2020 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog
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Credit applications remain depressed for credit cards and auto loans
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Advisory Opinion to Help Expand Fair, Equitable, and Nondiscriminatory Access to Credit
Category: Blog
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Credit card debt fell even for consumers who were having financial difficulties before the pandemic
Category: Blog
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Bureau seeks formal comments to inform forthcoming guidance on serving LEP consumers
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Payment Amount Furnishing & Consumer Reporting
Category: Blog
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New report explores the prevalence of actual payment information in consumer credit reporting
Category: Report Debt and delinquency after military service: A study of the credit records of young veterans in the first year after separation
Category: Speech
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Director Kraninger's Remarks During “Current Priorities in Consumer Financial Protection Seminar” At Harvard Kennedy School
Category: Report 2020 College credit card agreements
Category: Report Children’s Savings Account Programs: Measuring Program Performance and Outcomes
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: How mortgages change before origination
Category: Report Integrated Mortgage Disclosures Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Rule Assessment
Category: Office of Research Publication Perceived Financial Preparedness, Saving Habits, and Financial Security
Category: Office of Research Publication Special issue brief: The early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer credit
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Examines Early Impact of Pandemic on Consumer Credit
Category: Blog
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Bureau adopts new procedures for external peer review of important research
Category: Office of Research Publication An updated review of the new and revised data points in HMDA: Further observations using the 2019 HMDA data
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Analysis of HMDA Data Points
Category: Blog
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More CFPB resources available in multiple languages
Category: Press release
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CFPB Extends Comment Period on Request for Information on Ways to Prevent Credit Discrimination and Build a More Inclusive Financial System
Category: Speech
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Oral Testimony of Director Kraninger Before the House Financial Services Committee
Category: Speech
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Oral Testimony of Director Kraninger Before the Senate Banking Committee
Category: Blog
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The Bureau is taking action to build a more inclusive financial system
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Requests Information on Ways to Prevent Credit Discrimination and Build a More Inclusive Financial System
Category: Office of Research Publication Evidence-based strategies to build emergency savings
Category: Blog
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New report synthesizes evidence-based strategies to build emergency savings
Category: Blog
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Closing remarks: Consumer Financial Protection Week
Category: Report Financially Fit? Comparing the credit records of young servicemembers and civilians
Category: Blog
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New report shows how young servicemembers build credit histories
Category: Report Targeting credit builder loans
Category: Press release
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CFPB Study Shows Financial Product Could Help Consumers Build Credit
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Recent trends in debt settlement and credit counseling
Category: Press release
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CFPB Releases Report on Debt Settlements and Credit Counseling
Category: Press release
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FFIEC Announces Availability of 2019 Data on Mortgage Lending
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: 2019 mortgage market activity and trends
Category: Office of Research Publication The early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on credit applications
Category: Press release
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Shows Substantial Decline in Credit Applications in March
Category: Blog
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Protecting consumers and encouraging innovation: 2019 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2019
Category: Blog
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The importance of fair and equitable access to credit for minority and women-owned businesses
Category: Blog
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Here's what we’ve been doing over the past year to help military families plan for their next financial journey.
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019
Category: Press release
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Federal Agencies Encourage Banks, Savings Associations, and Credit Unions to Offer Responsible Small-Dollar Loans to Consumers and Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19
Category: Press release
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Agencies Provide Additional Information to Encourage Financial Institutions to Work with Borrowers Affected by COVID-19
Category: Blog
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New report explores trends for first-time homebuyers
Category: Report Market Snapshot: First-time Homebuyers
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: Blog
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Small business lending and the Great Recession
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Small business lending and the Great Recession
Category: Report 2019 College credit card agreements
Category: Report 2019 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release
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CFPB Issues Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog
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A new retrospective on the removal of public records
Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Public records, credit scores, and credit performance
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Borrower experiences on income-driven repayment
Category: Blog
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New report shows how student loan borrowers fare on Income-Driven Repayment Plans
Category: Press release
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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: Press release
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CFPB Issues Interpretitive Rule on Screening and Training Requirements for Mortgage Loan Originators
Category: Blog
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What international data tells us about youth financial literacy
Category: Report Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): Financial Literacy Brief
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Background Screening Reports
Category: Blog
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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
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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

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