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Category: Blog Save the date, Sacramento, Calif.!
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2016
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervisory Actions Return $24.5 Million To A Quarter-Million Consumers Harmed By Illegal Activities
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaints Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Report Monthly Complaint Report, Vol. 11
Category: Blog Protecting one’s credit while in the criminal justice system
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Halt Illegal Debt Collection Practices By Lawsuit Mill and Debt Buyer
Category: Press release CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Debt Collection Complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights High Rate of Debt Collection Complaints From Servicemembers and Their Families
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Wins Final Judgment Against Morgan Drexen for Illegal Debt-Relief Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Shut Down Illegal Student Debt Relief Scheme
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2016
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Citibank to Provide Relief to Consumers for Illegal Debt Sales and Collection Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Debt Settlement, Check Cashing, and Other Financial Service Complaints
Category: Blog You have the right to request your consumer reports
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Illegal Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Blog 6 tips for using your credit card this season
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Debt Collector for Pursuing Disputed and Unverified Cellphone Debts
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Subprime Credit Reporting Company and Owner to Pay $8 Million Penalty for Illegal Practices
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Blog Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Indirect Auto Finance Company to Provide Consumers $44.1 Million in Relief for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against the Two Largest Debt Buyers for Using Deceptive Tactics to Collect Bad Debts
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Call About Encore and Portfolio Recovery Associates Enforcement Action
Category: Blog Servicemembers: Protecting your credit when you’re away from home
Category: Press release CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Category: Blog This month’s Complaint Report: Credit reporting issues
Category: Blog Debt settlement company Morgan Drexen is no longer in business: What you should know
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: Press release CFPB, 47 States and D.C. Take Action Against JPMorgan Chase for Selling Bad Credit Card Debt and Robo-Signing Court Documents
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the JPMorgan Chase Debt Collection Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog We’re ordering JP Morgan Chase to refund $50 million and stop collecting on 528,000 accounts
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector
Category: Press release CFPB to Oversee Nonbank Auto Finance Companies
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Blog Fact-check your specialty consumer report
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds 26 Million Consumers Are Credit Invisible
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Credit invisibles
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Credit Reporting Press Call
Category: Blog Here’s what we’re hearing from Servicemembers and their families
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of David Silberman Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Blog Millions of consumers will now have access to credit scores and reports through nonprofit counselors
Category: Blog We’re suing a robo-call debt collector
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Participants in Robo-Call Phantom Debt Collection Operation
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against “Bad Check” Debt Collector
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2015
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2015
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting
Category: Press release CFPB Reports That More Than 50 Million Credit Card Consumers Have Access to Free Credit Scores
Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes at The Exchequer Club
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Category: Blog Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
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: Blog Live from Oklahoma City!
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
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 Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Takes First Action Against ‘Buy-Here, Pay-Here’ Auto Dealer
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: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Blog Live from Long Beach!
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Blog Save the date, Long Beach!
Category: Blog Encontrando la ayuda que necesitas, en el idioma que entiendes – La historia de Higinio
Category: Blog Getting the help you need, in the language you understand – Higinio’s story
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog Disputing debt you never owed: William’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Blog Spring 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices In Nonbank Markets
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: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Tools To Protect Foster Care Children From Credit Reporting Problems
Category: Report Mid-year report on private student loans 2014
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
Category: Press release Consumers Report Being Hounded About Debts Not Owed