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Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Debt Settlement, Check Cashing, and Other Financial Service Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 7
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 6
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Money Transfer Complaints
Category: Report Measuring financial well-being: A guide to using the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 5
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Bank Account and Service Complaints
Category: Report OSA semi-annual snapshot of servicemember complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 4
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Card Complaints
Category: Blog CFPB’s new rule will shine light on mortgage market practices
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 3
Category: Blog HMDA data shows more people took out a mortgage to purchase a home in 2014 than 2013
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Mortgage Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 2
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Blog This month’s Complaint Report: Credit reporting issues
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 1
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Its First-Ever Monthly Complaint Snapshot to Spotlight Consumer Trends
Category: Blog Removing an outdated bankruptcy from a credit report: Jorge’s story
Category: Report Overseas & Underserved: Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Category: Blog Today we begin to share the story of your complaints
Category: Blog Applying for a mortgage can be complicated: Navid’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Over 7,700 Consumer Complaint Narratives About Financial Companies
Category: Report 2015 Mid-Year Update on Student Loan Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Blog Tell us about your student debt stress
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Obtain $120 Million in Redress from Sprint and Verizon for Illegal Mobile Cramming
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Press release CFPB and State of Maryland Take Action Against “Pay-To-Play” Mortgage Kickback Scheme
Category: Report Complaints Received from Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families 2011-2014
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Press release CFPB and Federal Trade Commission Take Action Against Green Tree Servicing for Mistreating Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes
Category: Report 2014 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Policy to Give Consumers the Opportunity to Voice Publicly Complaints About Financial Companies
Category: Blog Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Report Snapshot of reverse mortgage complaints December 2011 – 2014
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Blog Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Category: Blog A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
Category: Blog Sunshine for college credit card agreements
Category: Blog Live from Oklahoma City!
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Here’s how medical debt hurts your credit report
Category: Press release CFPB Spotlights Concerns with Medical Debt Collection and Reporting
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Medical Debt Collection Hearing
Category: Blog Save the date, Oklahoma City!
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 Report Finds Debt Collection Tops Older Consumer Complaints
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Press release FFIEC Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Observations, Recommends Participation in Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Blog Updated mortgage data available
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog National City Bank settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Blog Working together to protect student veterans
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
Category: Blog We’ve extended the comment period for our complaint narrative policy
Category: Press release CFPB Begins Accepting Consumer Complaints on Prepaid Cards and Additional Nonbank Products
Category: Blog Everyone has a story—what’s yours?
Category: Blog Live from El Paso!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Response Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Proposal Would Give Consumers the Opportunity to Publicly Voice Complaints About Financial Companies
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Blog Save the date, El Paso!
Category: Blog We’re training housing counselors on the new mortgage servicing rules
Category: Blog We participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking (again)
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Medical Debt Overly Penalizes Consumer Credit Scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Medical Debt Study Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Medical debt and credit scores
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Promote More Effective Privacy Disclosures
Category: Blog Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes at the Consumer Bankers Association
Category: Press release CFPB Report Shows Complaints Rose 80 Percent in 2013
Category: Report 2013 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Payday lending
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of State Treasurers
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of Deputy Director Antonakes at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2014 Banking Outlook Conference
Category: Report Credit reporting complaint snapshot
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Blog We’ve heard more than 300,000 complaints. Should we hear from you?
Category: Blog New tools to explore mortgage data
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Blog We asked about your student loans and you answered
Category: Blog New feedback system for GI Bill and Tuition Assistance recipients
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach