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Category: Blog Bureau releases its assessment report of the Remittance Rule
Category: Blog New research report on the geography of credit invisibility
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: The geography of credit invisibility
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Releases Latest Supervisory Highlights
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: Blog Save the date for the 'Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility' symposium
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: Press release Bureau Acting Director Mulvaney Statement on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
Category: Report Know Before You Owe: Mortgage shopping study
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: Press release CFPB Publishes Request for Information on Civil Investigative Demands
Category: Press release Acting Director Mulvaney Announces Call for Evidence Regarding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Functions
Category: Blog African-American and Hispanic borrowers harmed by Provident will receive $9 million in compensation
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: 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: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2018
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic
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: Blog Building credit at the local level
Category: Press release Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's 46th Annual Convention
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the People and Places Conference
Category: Report CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale: Scale development technical report
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Small Business Lending Field Hearing
Category: Blog Request for information on small business lending
Category: Blog Solicitud de información sobre el mercado de préstamos para pequeñas empresas
Category: Press release CFPB Explores Ways to Assess the Availability of Credit for Small Business
Category: Report Key dimensions of the small business lending landscape
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at Operation HOPE Global Forums Annual Meeting
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2016
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Experian $3 Million for Deceiving Consumers in Marketing Credit Scores
Category: Blog Using alternative data to evaluate creditworthiness
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the RD Legal Funding Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB and New York Attorney General Sue RD Legal for Scamming 9/11 Heroes Out of Millions of Dollars in Compensation Funds
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Experiences With Debt Collection: Findings From the CFPB’s Survey on Consumer Views on Debt
Category: Press release CFPB Orders TransUnion and Equifax to Pay for Deceiving Consumers in Marketing Credit Scores and Credit Products
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Second Action Against Military Credit Services for Improper Contract Disclosures
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Prepaid Product Complaints
Category: Blog Financial coaching can benefit consumers
Category: Report Financial Coaching: A Strategy to Improve Financial Well-Being
Category: Report Final Report of Findings: Post-Proposal Testing of Prepaid Card Disclosures
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray to Corporation for Enterprise Development Assets Learning Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving
Category: Office of Research Publication Tools for saving: Using prepaid accounts to set aside funds
Category: Office of Research Publication Study of third-party debt collection operations
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Thresholds for Exempting Certain Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Blog Researchers – Share your work at the CFPB Research Conference
Category: Office of Research Publication Supplemental findings on payday, payday installment, and vehicle title loans, and deposit advance products
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Auto Title Lending Research Press Call
Category: Blog Research finds one-in-five auto title loan borrowers have their vehicle seized
Category: Press release CFPB Finds One-in-Five Auto Title Loan Borrowers Have Vehicle Seized for Failing to Repay Debt
Category: Blog Usted tiene derecho a que lo traten de manera justa en el mercado financiero
Category: Blog You have the right to be treated fairly in the financial marketplace
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2015
Category: Report Testing of Bankruptcy Periodic Statement Forms for Mortgage Servicing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Payday Lending Research Report Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Half of Online Payday Borrowers Rack Up an Average of $185 in Bank Penalties
Category: Blog New research shows online payday loan borrowers rack up steep fees
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights High Rate of Debt Collection Complaints From Servicemembers and Their Families
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Acting Deputy Director David Silberman Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Report Measuring financial well-being: A guide to using the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale
Category: Press release CFPB Finds CARD Act Helped Consumers Avoid More Than $16 Billion in Gotcha Credit Card Fees
Category: Report Mobile financial services: A summary of comments from the public on opportunities, challenges, and risks for the underserved
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Improve Information About Access to Credit in the Mortgage Market
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Facilitate Access to Credit in Rural and Underserved Areas
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Servicemembers Continue To Face Roadblocks From Student Loan Servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 90 Percent of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Applied for Co-Signer Release Were Rejected
Category: Blog Income from the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Academic Research Council
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2014
Category: Blog We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds That Arbitration Agreements Limit Relief for Consumers
Category: Report Arbitration Study: Report to Congress 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Proposal To Facilitate Access To Credit In Rural And Underserved Areas
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Nearly Half of Borrowers Do Not Shop for a Mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Loopholes In Military Lending Act Rules Rack Up Costs For Servicemembers
Category: Press release CFPB Spotlights Concerns with Medical Debt Collection and Reporting
Category: Report Study of Prepaid Account Agreements
Category: Report Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Prepaid Card Fee Disclosures
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to Mortgage Rules to Ensure Access to Credit
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at Forum on Access to Checking Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Statement on Department of Defense Proposal to Amend Military Lending Act Rule
Category: Report Using publicly available information to proxy for unidentified race and ethnicity
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Payday lending