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Category: Press release CFPB Releases Safe Student Account Scorecard
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Loopholes In Military Lending Act Rules Rack Up Costs For Servicemembers
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Press release CFPB and States Take Action Against Freedom Stores for Illegal Debt Collection Practices Against Servicemembers
Category: Blog Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Statement on Department of Defense’s Military Allotment System Reforms to Protect Servicemembers
Category: Blog Social Security disability income shouldn’t mean you don’t qualify for a mortgage
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices in Student Loan Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Category: Blog Struggling private student loan borrowers are still searching for help
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Statement on Department of Defense Proposal to Amend Military Lending Act Rule
Category: Blog Hosting a financial coach in your community
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Announcement on Public Service and Student Debt
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from predatory auto loans: Harry and Ari’s story
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Student loan debt doesn’t have to be scary: Leah’s story
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Association of Military Banks of America
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down USA Discounters’ Servicemember Fee Scam
Category: Blog Closing the book on Colfax
Category: Press release CFPB and 13 State Attorneys General Obtain About $92 Million in Debt Relief for Servicemembers Harmed by Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Report 2014 Financial literacy annual report
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Blog What happens to your student loans if your school is shut down
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Rohit Chopra before the Committee on the Budget
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the 2014 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Category: Speech Statement by CFPB’s Holly Petraeus on DOJ, FDIC Enforcement Actions Against Sallie Mae
Category: Blog Join us for a forum to discuss consumer issues for veterans
Category: Report Mid-year report on private student loans 2014
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Co-signers can cause surprise defaults on your private student loans
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face “Auto-Default” When Co-Signer Dies or Goes Bankrupt
Category: Blog Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
Category: Blog Choosing a college is a big deal. We can help!
Category: Press release CFPB Recovers More Than $1 Million for Servicemembers, Veterans, and their Families
Category: Report Complaints received from servicemembers, veterans, and their families
Category: Blog Behind the numbers: Servicemember complaints
Category: Blog We’re protecting students from predatory lending
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit College Chain ITT For Predatory Lending
Category: Blog What sunshine for student financial products can show us
Category: Blog We asked about your student loans and you answered
Category: Blog New feedback system for GI Bill and Tuition Assistance recipients
Category: Blog Servicemembers, you have new mortgage protections in 2014
Category: Blog Helping student loan borrowers stay afloat
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Student Loan Servicer Supervision Rule Press Call
Category: Blog Tell us how you tackle your student debt
Category: Testimony Hollister K. Petraeus Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks by Rohit Chopra Before the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of Director Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Know your financial adviser
Category: Blog What military families should know about payday loans
Category: Blog Trick-or-treating for your money
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Private Student Loan Payment Processing Pitfalls
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Stop getting sidetracked by your student loan servicer
Category: Blog Explainer: scoring student loan servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Lays Out Guidelines for Protecting Servicemembers in the Payday Lending Market
Category: Blog Reminder: Accessing your scholarships and student loan funds
Category: Report Public service and student debt
Category: Blog December in August
Category: Blog A closer look at the trillion
Category: Blog What we’re hearing from private student loan borrowers
Category: Report Mid-year snapshot of private student loan complaints
Category: Testimony Hollister K. Petraeus Before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Category: Testimony Hollister K. Petraeus Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Category: Blog Financial coaching services to transitioning veterans and economically vulnerable consumers
Category: Report Financial literacy annual report
Category: Blog Your first line of consumer defense
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: You don’t have to pay someone to help with your student loan
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks on MILES Enforcement Press Call
Category: Blog What you should know about military allotments
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Auto Lenders to Refund Approximately $6.5 Million to Servicemembers
Category: Blog Explainer: Changes to federal student loan interest rates
Category: Blog Who will you be caring for?
Category: Blog Should I use a home equity loan to refinance my student loans?
Category: Blog Should I refinance my student loan?
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers
Category: Report Student loan affordability
Category: Blog Live from Miami-Dade, Florida
Category: Blog Save the date, Miami-Dade County, Florida!
Category: Blog A snapshot of financial complaints from the military
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Blog Savers vs. pirates: Teaching your kids to save
Category: Blog How do you build financial capability?
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Blog Reminder: Sound off on our student loan affordability initiative
Category: Blog Our proposed rule on student loan servicers
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Oversee Nonbank Student Loan Servicers
Category: Testimony Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog What can students do to protect themselves?
Category: Blog So, how do I submit a complaint?