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Category: Press release CFPB and American Express Reach Resolution to Address Discriminatory Card Terms in Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Updates to "Know Before You Owe" Mortgage Disclosure
Category: Blog Top five consumer financial complaints reported across the U.S.
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Prepaid Rule
Category: Blog How to understand special promotional financing offers on credit cards
Category: Blog We are seeking comment on our plan for assessing the ATR/QM rule
Category: Blog Understanding Consumer Experiences: Insights from CFPB’s 2016 Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 21
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Report The power of light-touch financial education: A demonstration with credit card revolvers
Category: Report Consumer insights on managing spending
Category: Blog Mastercard and UniRush to Pay $10 Million to Consumers Harmed by RushCard Technology Breakdown
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the RushCard Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Mastercard and UniRush to Pay $13 Million for RushCard Breakdowns That Cut Off Consumers' Access to Funds
Category: Blog Easy-to-remember guidelines help people reduce credit card debt
Category: Report 2016 College credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Unveils Consumer Credit Trends Tool to Help Forecast Potential Consumer Risks
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Bank Marketing Deals With Colleges Can Mean Costly Fees and Risks for Students
Category: Blog Who are the Credit Invisible?
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule on Method to Adjust Thresholds for Exempting Certain Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions and Announce 2017 Thresholds
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Strong Federal Protections for Prepaid Account Consumers
Category: Blog We’re exploring the use of a list of companies that offer free credit scores
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Updated Exam Procedures for Military Lending Act
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Five Arizona Title Lenders for Failing to Disclose Loan Annual Percentage Rate to Consumers
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Richard Cordray, Director, CFPB Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Cientos de miles de cuentas creadas en secreto por los empleados de Wells Fargo Bank resultan en una multa histórica de $100 millones por parte del CFPB
Category: Blog Hundreds of thousands of accounts secretly created by Wells Fargo Bank employees leads to historic $100 million fine from the CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the Wells Fargo Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice of Secretly Opening Unauthorized Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Orders First National Bank of Omaha to Pay $32.25 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Blog We’ve updated our mortgage servicing rules to provide greater protections for mortgage borrowers and other homeowners
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 13
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Thresholds for Exempting Certain Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Annual Dollar Thresholds in Truth in Lending Act Regulations for Certain Credit Transactions
Category: Blog eRegulations updated with Regulations X, C, and more
Category: Blog 6 tips for using your credit card this season
Category: Report 2015 College credit card agreements
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: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog What’s that chip doing on my credit card?
Category: Report Student loan servicing
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: Report Consumer Protection Principles: Consumer protection in new faster payment systems
Category: Press release CFPB Outlines Guiding Principles for Faster Payment Networks
Category: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule Aimed at Improving Credit Card Agreement Submission Process
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Public Inquiry to Inform Agency Review of the Credit Card Market
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks to Improve Process for Industry Submission of Consumer Credit Card Agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Card Company to Refund $2.7 Million for Charging Illegal Credit Card Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Sham Credit Card
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 Final lists of rural and rural or underserved counties for use in 2015
Category: Blog New Project Catalyst research pilot to study early intervention credit counseling
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Project Catalyst Research Pilot
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Increases in Dollar Thresholds in Regulations Z and M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog Reminder for steps you can take if you think your credit or debit card data was hacked
Category: Blog You could still end up paying interest on a zero percent interest credit card offer
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Credit Card Companies Against Deceptively Marketing Promotional Offers
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: 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: 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: 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