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Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
Category: Press release CFPB Approves Application from Financial Data Exchange to Issue Standards for Open Banking
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans
Category: Blog Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Report College Banking and Credit Card Agreements
Category: Blog New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action on Bait-and-Switch Credit Card Rewards Tactics
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra tácticas engañosas de tarjetas de crédito
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Mortgage Companies Create Obstacles for Homeowners After Death or Divorce
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Significant Drop in Annual Mortgage Applications and Originations in 2023
Category: Office of Research Publication 2023 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Report Medical Collections on Credit Reports in Native American Communities
Category: Letter CFPB and IHS joint letter re: Protecting approved Purchased/Referred Care program patients from improper bills
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Student Loan Debt Collector Performant Recovery for Illegal Fee Generating Scheme That Cost Borrowers Thousands of Dollars
Category: Office of Research Publication An analysis of the first seven months of the federal student loan return to repayment
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2024: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release CFPB Report Details Student Borrower Harms from Servicing Failures and Program Disruptions
Category: Office of Research Publication Insights from the 2023-2024 Student Loan Borrower Survey
Category: Report State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data
Category: Press release CFPB Report Details Carveouts for Financial Institutions in State Data Privacy Laws
Category: Director's statement Statement of Director Rohit Chopra on the CFPB’s Report on State Consumer Privacy Laws
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Joint Field Hearing with the Department of Labor on Worker Tracking
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Georgetown University’s DC Fintech Week
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule to Boost Competition, Protect Privacy, and Give Families More Choice in Financial Services
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Consumer advisories Sepa sus derechos cuando le llame un cobrador médico | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra problemas en cobro de deudas médicas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Blog La Deuda Médica y las Prácticas de Facturación de los Hospitales sin Fines de Lucro
Category: Blog Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Blog CFPB launches public comment process for open banking standard setter recognition
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2023 Annual Report
Category: Blog Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Speech Prepared Opening Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Aspen Institute on Abuse and Misuse of Our Personal Data
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer Advisory: Video games are targeting your children to get into your wallet
Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Contract-for-Deed Investors from Setting Borrowers Up to Fail
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra inversionistas por engañar a prestatarios | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the CFPB’s Field Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: Blog Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Blog Las tarifas inesperadas que perjudican la competencia | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Joins Federal Regulators to Propose Rule to Standardize Data Submitted to Federal Financial Agencies
Category: Blog What we're hearing: financial challenges along the Gulf Coast
Category: Blog Escuchamos los Retos financieros en la Costa del Golfo | CFPB
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Developments in the Paycheck Advance Market
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule to Help Ensure Credibility and Integrity of Automated Valuation Models
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Servicing and Collection of Consumer Debt, Issue 34 (Summer 2024)
Category: Press release Examenes de la CFPB encuentran fallas en productos y servicios financieros | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB and FHFA Release Updated Data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations for Public Use
Category: Press release CFPB Extends Compliance Dates for Small Business Lending Rule
Category: Press release CFPB extiende fecha de cumplimiento normativa de crédito a la pequeña empresa | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra corporación por violar orden ejecutora | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Violating Law Enforcement Order and for Housing Data Errors
Category: Press release CFPB Lanza Proceso para Reconocer Estándares de Banca Abierta | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Process to Recognize Open Banking Standards
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release CFPB demanda a PHEAA por perseguir a prestatarios | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Buy Now, Pay Later Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB actúa en préstamos Compre Hoy y Pague Luego
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Ensure Consumers Can Dispute Charges and Obtain Refunds on Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Western Benefits for Swindling Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra Western Benefits por engañar a prestatarios
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision in CFPB v. CFSA
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Press release CFPB reporta frustraciones con programas de recompensas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Frustrations with Credit Card Rewards Programs
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Health Savings Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB toma acción contra BloomTech y Austen Allred
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Category: Report CFPB FY 2023 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Report to Congress
Category: Report Banking in video games and virtual worlds
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the White House on Data Protection and National Security
Category: Report Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Press release 2023 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available
Category: Press release CFPB Emite Directrices para Regir los Resultados Arreglados de Comparaciones de Tarjetas de Crédito y Otros Productos Financieros
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Rein in Rigged Comparison-Shopping Results for Credit Cards and Other Financial Products
Category: Director's statement CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Releases a Statement in Response to President Biden’s Executive Order To Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data
Category: Blog Unlawful fees in the mortgage market
Category: Blog Tarifas ilegales en el mercado de hipotecas
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Federal Supervision for Installment Lender Following Contested Designation
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Large Banks Charge Higher Credit Card Interest Rates than Small Banks and Credit Unions
Category: Report Credit card data: Small issuers offer lower rates
Category: Press release CFPB y Siete Fiscales Generales Estatales demandan a la Empresa Strategic Financial Solutions por Estafar por más de $100 Millones a Familias en Dificultades Financieras
Category: Press release CFPB and Seven State Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise, Strategic Financial Solutions, for Illegally Swindling More Than $100 Million from Financially Struggling Families
Category: Blog Holding debt collectors responsible for false statements
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices