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Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2025
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to Massachusetts State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to South Dakota State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to Oregon State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to Washington State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Blog
Archived
New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Report Medical Collections on Credit Reports in Native American Communities
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB and IHS joint letter re: Protecting approved Purchased/Referred Care program patients from improper bills
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Student Loan Debt Collector Performant Recovery for Illegal Fee Generating Scheme That Cost Borrowers Thousands of Dollars
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and CMS Take Action to Stop Illegal Billing of Lowest-Income Medicare Recipients
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Julie Margetta Morgan at the HealthWatch Wisconsin Medical Debt Symposium
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Blog
Archived
Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Blog
Archived
What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Blog
Archived
Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Blog
Archived
What we're hearing: financial challenges along the Gulf Coast
Category: Press release
Archived
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: Blog
Archived
Ensuring consumers aren’t pushed into medical payment products
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Western Benefits for Swindling Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Financial Products
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Highlights the Hidden Costs of Health Savings Accounts
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Health Savings Accounts
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to Connecticut State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement
Archived
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
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to California State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Blog
Archived
Unlawful fees in the mortgage market
Category: Press release
Archived
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
Archived
Holding debt collectors responsible for false statements
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and 11 States Order Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlighting Consumer Protection Issues in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2023
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Fines Repeat Offender Enova $15 Million for Violating Order, Deceiving Customers, and Withdrawing Funds Without Consent
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
Category: Blog
Archived
What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Consumer risks posed by employer-driven debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Snap Finance for Illegally Luring Americans into Expensive Financing and Bullying Borrowers Using False Threats
Category: Press release
Archived
State Partners and CFPB Sue Prehired For Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra for the CFPB Hearing on Medical Billing and Collections
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury Launch Inquiry into Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients for Health Care Costs
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Phoenix Financial Services for Illegal Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Medical Billing and Collections Among Older Americans
Category: Blog
Archived
Have medical debt? Anything already paid or under $500 should no longer be on your credit report
Category: Report Medical Credit Cards and Financing Plans
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Costly Credit Cards and Loans Pushed on Patients
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Illegal Collection Tactics on Zombie Mortgages
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on Zombie Mortgage Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Office of Research blog: Who gets sued in civil courts? Civil judgments are not evenly distributed
Category: Report Consumer Credit and the Removal of Medical Collections from Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Repeat Offender Portfolio Recovery Associates to Pay More Than $24 Million for Continued Illegal Debt Collection Practices and Consumer Reporting Violations
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Trends in Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting
Category: Blog
Archived
Debt collectors re-evaluate medical debt furnishing in light of data integrity issues
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds One-Third Decline in Collections Items on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Halt Debt Collection Mill From Bombarding Consumers with Junk Lawsuits
Category: Blog
Archived
You can help caregivers spot illegal nursing home debt collection tactics
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Blog
Archived
Your voices help drive our work
Category: Report 2022 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Nursing Home Debt Collection
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Take Action to Protect Caregivers and Families from Illegal Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks at the CFPB Field Hearing on Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Details Family Finances and Debt in Rural Appalachia
Category: Blog
Archived
Exploring the connection between financial assistance for medical care and medical collections
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding Required Financial Assistance in Medical Care
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Publishes Analysis of Potential Impacts of Medical Debt Credit Reporting Changes
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Credit Trends Report: Paid and Low-Balance Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Blog
Archived
Tell us your stories about employer-driven debt
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
Archived
Deputy Director Zixta Martinez’s Keynote Address at the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and New York Attorney General Shut Down Debt Collection Ring
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Report Complaint Bulletin: Medical billing and collection issues described in consumer complaints

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