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Category: Blog Ensuring servicemembers can protect themselves from unlawful financial practices
Category: Blog Proteger militares de prácticas financieras ilegales | CFPB
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 32 (Spring 2024)
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the White House on Data Protection and National Security
Category: Blog State UDAAP Developments
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to New York State on the Prohibition on Abusive Conduct
Category: Blog CFPB to distribute nearly $6 million to consumers harmed by predatory loans to veterans
Category: Blog La CFPB distribuye casi $6 millones entre consumidores afectados por préstamos predatorios otorgados a veteranos
Category: Press release CFPB y Departamento de Justicia Demandan a la Compañía Desarrolladora y Prestamista Colony Ridge por hacer Ofertas Falsas y Ofrecer Financiamiento Predatorio
Category: Press release CFPB and Justice Department Sue Developer and Lender Colony Ridge for Bait-and-Switch Land Sales and Predatory Financing
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Repeat Offender Enova $15 Million for Violating Order, Deceiving Customers, and Withdrawing Funds Without Consent
Category: Blog Servicemembers continue to face major financial challenges
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Snap Finance for Illegally Luring Americans into Expensive Financing and Bullying Borrowers Using False Threats
Category: Press release CFPB Demanda a la Compañía Snap Finance por Convencer a Consumidores a Tomar Costoso Financiamiento y por Abusar a sus Prestatarios Usando Falsas Amenazas
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to State Legislature on Establishing a Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB Identifica Problemas Creados por el Aumento del Uso entre Militares de Aplicaciones Digitales de Pago
Category: Press release CFPB Report Identifies Issues with Increased Servicemember Use of Digital Payment Apps
Category: Blog Credit reporting companies should do more to ensure that servicemembers receive the free credit monitoring services they are legally entitled to
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of James S. Rice, Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Address Abusive Conduct in Consumer Financial Markets
Category: Speech Director Rohit Chopra’s Prepared Remarks at the University of California Irvine Law School
Category: Press release CFPB Emite Directrices para Enfrentar Conductas Abusivas | CFPB
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Special Edition, Issue 29, Winter 2023
Category: Press release La CFPB Cierra el Negocio de Préstamos Hipotecarios de la Corporación RMK Financial, por sus Repetidas Ofensas Contra Familias Militares
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down Mortgage Loan Business of RMK Financial for Repeat Offenses Against Military Families
Category: Blog WARNO: They call themselves “coaches” or “consultants” and advertise their ability to assist you with your VA benefits claim but may not be accredited to practice before the VA
Category: Report Servicemember reports about identity theft are increasing
Category: Report Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Evidence of activated Guard and Reserve servicemembers’ usage of credit protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Members of the Reserves and National Guard Paying Millions of Dollars in Extra Interest Each Year
Category: Press release Reservistas y Guardias Nacionales pagan más intereses
Category: Press release CFPB toma acción contra Loan Doctor y Edgar Radjabli
Category: Press release CFPB Takes $19 Million Action Against Loan Doctor and Edgar Radjabli for Offering Fake High-Yield Bank Accounts
Category: Press release CFPB and New York Attorney General Take Action Against Companies that Cheated 9/11 Victims
Category: Press release La CFPB y el Fiscal de NY tomarán acción contra compañías tramposas | cfpb
Category: Blog Protecting the right of military families to go to court
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Complaint Against ACTIVE Network
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Payment Platform Used by YMCA Camps and Charity Race Organizers for Illegally Cramming Consumers With Junk Membership Fees
Category: Press release CFPB and Justice Department Caution Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections
Category: Blog Time is running out for student loan servicers to help servicemembers with student loans get debt relief
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from costly auto loans and wrongful repossessions
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Experiences of Military Families with Medical Billing, Credit Reporting, and Debt Collection
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from abuses of the military allotment system
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Protect Depositors from False Claims About FDIC Insurance
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Scam’s Ringleaders to Pay More Than $8 Million to Consumers and Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Press release CFPB Obtains Ban Against Debt Relief CEO Daniel Crenshaw
Category: Speech Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Repeat Offender Lawsuit Against TransUnion and John Danaher
Category: Blog Busting myths about bankruptcy and private student loans
Category: Report 2021 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog Inaccurate small business credit reports can block access to loans
Category: Blog New VA rule relieves financial distress for thousands of veterans with medical bills
Category: Press release CFPB Bans Payment Processor BrightSpeed Solutions and Its Former CEO for Supporting Telemarketing Scammers Targeting Older Americans
Category: Blog Protecting servicemembers from predatory lending
Category: Press release CFPB Shutters Lending by VC-Backed Fintech for Violating Agency Order
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Pawn Lenders for Cheating Military Families
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Know your rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
Category: Blog Consumer Fraud Alert - Tips for avoiding VA home loan scams
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Fintech Company GreenSky for Enabling Merchants to Secure Loans for Consumers Without Their Authorization
Category: Blog Should you buy now and pay later?
Category: Blog Dedicating July to military consumer protection
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Company and its Owners and Executives for Deceptive Debt-Relief and Credit-Repair Services
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Company and its CEO for Deceptive Deposit and Loan Products
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Lender for Unfair Loss Damage Waiver Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Debt-Settlement Company for Charging Consumers Unlawful Fees
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report
Category: Blog The Office of Servicemember Affairs year in review: Working together to protect servicemembers, veterans, and military families
Category: Blog Money Smarts for Military Families
Category: Director's statement Statement by CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio on Mr. Cooper Unauthorized Withdrawals
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Reverse Mortgage Lender for Deceptive Advertising
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against SettleIt, Inc. for Steering Consumers into High-Cost Loans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York Attorneys General Sue Libre for Predatory Immigrant-Services Scam
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Dave Uejio for the Libre Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog New guide helps military families with unique financial challenges
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with LendUp Loans, LLC for Military Lending Act Violations
Category: Report 2020 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Omni Financial of Nevada, Inc. for Violations of the Military Lending Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and Consumer Financial Protection Act
Category: Blog Listen to CFPB's new podcast episodes
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Debt Collector BounceBack, Inc.
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Debt Collector for Engaging in Deceptive Debt Collection Practices in Three States
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with U.S. Equity Advantage, Inc. and Its Owner, Robert M. Steenbergh, for Deceptive Sales Practices
Category: Blog Federal tools to help maximize GI Bill® education benefits
Category: Report Debt and delinquency after military service: A study of the credit records of young veterans in the first year after separation
Category: Blog Honoring and empowering those who served our nation
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Lawsuit Against Driver Loan, LLC And Its CEO
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with SMART Payment Plan, LLC for Deceptive Sales Practices
Category: Blog Falling for scams could be a disaster
Category: Blog Empowering military consumers–all year long
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Mortgage Companies to Address Deceptive Loan Advertisements Sent to Servicemembers and Veterans
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with Foreclosure Relief Services Company and Its Owner
Category: Blog Closing remarks: Consumer Financial Protection Week
Category: Blog Alphabet soup: The ABCs of military consumer protection
Category: Report Financially Fit? Comparing the credit records of young servicemembers and civilians
Category: Blog New report shows how young servicemembers build credit histories
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Loan Doctor and Edgar Radjabli for Deceptive Acts and Practices in Marketing a Savings CD Account
Category: Blog New resource in the fight against elder financial fraud