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Category: Press release CFPB Updates List of Consumer Reporting Companies
Category: Report Auto Lending to Servicemembers
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Servicemembers Pay More in Auto Lending Market
Category: Report 2025 Consumer Reporting Company List
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to Massachusetts State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Office of Research Publication An Introduction to the CFPB’s Rental Payment Data and Analysis
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to South Dakota State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to Oregon State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Letter CFPB Letter to Washington State Legislature on Barring Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Continued Challenges for Households that Rent
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Cash-Out Mortgage Refinance Borrowers Improve Credit Scores
Category: Report Behind on Rent? Examining Rental Housing Delinquencies in New Payment Data
Category: Office of Research Publication Cash-Out Refinances and Paydown Behavior of Non-mortgage Debt Balances
Category: Press release CFPB Finds More Vehicles Eligible for Repossession Than Pre-Pandemic
Category: Report Repossession in Auto Finance
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Equifax to Pay $15 Million for Improper Investigations of Credit Reporting Errors
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Draper & Kramer Mortgage for Discriminatory Mortgage Lending Practices
Category: Blog Back from the Dead: Zombie Second Mortgages
Category: Blog Strengthening Appraisal Oversight: Progress at the Appraisal Subcommittee
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Honda’s Auto Financing Arm to Pay $12.8 Million for COVID-19 and Other Credit Reporting Failures
Category: Blog Holding Credit Reporting Companies Accountable for Junk Data
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Beware of costly, risky, and complex home equity “investment” contracts
Category: Blog Mortgage Lenders Must Comply with the Law, Not Invent Loopholes
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Home Equity Contracts: Market Overview
Category: Press release CFPB Research Reveals Heavy Buy Now, Pay Later Use Among Borrowers with High Credit Balances and Multiple Pay-in-Four Loans
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Mortgages in Southeast and Central Southwest US Likely Underinsured Against Flood Risk
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Use of Buy Now, Pay Later and Other Unsecured Debt
Category: Office of Research Publication Flood Risk and the U.S. Mortgage Market
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: Press release CFPB Sues Experian for Sham Investigations of Credit Report Errors
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB termina norma sobre facturas médicas en informes de crédito | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Vanderbilt for Setting Borrowers Up to Fail in Manufactured Home Loans
Category: Report The Financial Security of Small Business Owners: Evidence from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Report College Banking and Credit Card Agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Files Lawsuit to Stop Illegal Kickback Scheme to Steer Borrowers to Rocket Mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action on Bait-and-Switch Credit Card Rewards Tactics
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: The High Cost of Retail Credit Cards
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: Report Issue Spotlight: Homeowners face problems with mortgage companies after divorce or death of a loved one
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Credit card cash advance fees spike after legalization of sports gambling
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: Press release CFPB Announces Return of $1.8 Billion in Illegal Junk Fees to 4.3 Million Americans Harmed in Massive Credit Repair Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Reembolsa $1,8 Millardos a 4,3 Millones de Personas | CFPB
Category: Office of Research Publication An analysis of the first seven months of the federal student loan return to repayment
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the FinRegLab AI Conference
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2024: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Matched-Pair Testing in Small Business Lending Markets
Category: Office of Research Publication Insights from the 2023-2024 Student Loan Borrower Survey
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Townstone Financial’s Unlawful Redlining
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 on the Goldman Sachs and Apple Enforcement Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Apple and Goldman Sachs to Pay Over $89 Million for Apple Card Failures
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: Press release CFPB and Justice Department Take Action Against Fairway for Redlining Black Neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Wrongful Auto Repossessions and Loan Servicing Breakdowns
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Auto Finance Special Edition, Issue 35 (Fall 2024)
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds for Applicability of Truth in Lending and Consumer Leasing Rules for Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
Category: Press release Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-priced Mortgage Loans
Category: Blog CFPB launches public comment process for open banking standard setter recognition
Category: Speech Prepared Opening Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Aspen Institute on Abuse and Misuse of Our Personal Data
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Center for American Progress Housing Summit
Category: Report Data Spotlight: The Impact of Changing Mortgage Interest Rates
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 53rd Annual Legislative Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Horizon Card Services and CEO Robert Kane for Illegally Baiting, Gouging, and Trapping Families in High-Fee Credit Cards
Category: Press release CFPB Bans Navient from Federal Student Loan Servicing and Orders the Company to Pay $120 Million for Wide-Ranging Student Lending Failures
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Navient Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders TD Bank to Pay $28 Million for Breakdowns that Illegally Tarnished Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the National Housing Conference
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Regarding the Transportation Department's Probe Into Airline Rewards Programs
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Press release CFPB Orders NewDay USA to Pay $2.25 Million for Illegally Luring Veterans and Military Families into Cash-Out Refinance Loans
Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Blog What Buy Now, Pay Later lenders are doing to be upfront with borrowers
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: Report Report on Contract for Deed Lending
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the CFPB’s Field Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: Blog Recover financially from floods, and take steps for the rest of the storm season
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog Recupere sus finanzas después de una inundación | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Lenders Cramming Markup Fees and Confusing Terms into Solar Energy Loans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Treasury Roundtable on Solar Financing
Category: Press release Reporte halla tarifas exageradas en préstamos para energía solar | CFPB
Category: Blog Credit card delinquencies are higher than in 2019 because lenders took on more risk
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: Press release CFPB Demanda a la Compañía Afiliada a Rent-a-Center Acima y a su Fundador Aaron Allred por Usar Prácticas Crediticias Ilegales
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Rent-a-Center Affiliate Acima and Acima’s Founder Aaron Allred for Illegal Lending Practices
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Developments in the Paycheck Advance Market
Category: Press release Agencies Finalize Interagency Guidance on Reconsiderations of Value for Residential Real Estate Valuations
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Interpretive Rule to Ensure Workers Know the Costs and Fees of Paycheck Advance Products
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule to Help Ensure Credibility and Integrity of Automated Valuation Models