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Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Cash-Out Mortgage Refinance Borrowers Improve Credit Scores
Category: Office of Research Publication Cash-Out Refinances and Paydown Behavior of Non-mortgage Debt Balances
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: Press release CFPB Orders Operator of Cash App to Pay $175 Million and Fix Its Failures on Fraud
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
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: Press release CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and General Counsel Seth Frotman article on state enforcement as a federal legislative tool
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Home Equity Contracts: Market Overview
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Capital One for Cheating Consumers Out of More Than $2 Billion in Interest Payments on Savings Accounts
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 Flood Risk and the U.S. Mortgage Market
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 Sues Vanderbilt for Setting Borrowers Up to Fail in Manufactured Home Loans
Category: Blog Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Walmart and Branch Messenger for Illegally Opening Deposit Accounts for More Than One Million Delivery Drivers
Category: Press release CFPB Files Lawsuit to Stop Illegal Kickback Scheme to Steer Borrowers to Rocket Mortgage
Category: Press release La CFPB demanda a bancos por fraude en Zelle | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Press Call Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Zelle Lawsuit Announcement
Category: Press release CFPB Sues JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo for Allowing Fraud to Fester on Zelle
Category: Blog New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
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: 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: Press release CFPB Sues Comerica Bank for Systematically Failing Disabled and Older Americans
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: Blog Los cheques de reembolsos de CreditRepair.com y Lexington Law: Lo que usted necesita saber
Category: Press release CFPB Reembolsa $1,8 Millardos a 4,3 Millones de Personas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Climb Credit and Investment Firm 1/0 for Deceiving Borrowers About Coding Bootcamps and Vocational Programs
Category: Blog CreditRepair.com and Lexington Law refund checks: What you need to know
Category: Press release CFPB Bans Student Loan Pro and Owner for Fee Harvesting Scheme
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Global Tel Link to Pay $3 Million for Illegally Freezing and Draining Payments Accounts for People Who Are Incarcerated
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Navy Federal Credit Union to Pay More Than $95 Million for Illegal Surprise Overdraft Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Address Townstone Financial’s Unlawful Redlining
Category: Press release CFPB Orders VyStar Credit Union to Pay $1.5 Million for Illegally Stranding Consumers from Accessing Their Money and Accounts
Category: Blog CFPB distribuirá $191 millones a perjudicados por Tempoe | CFPB
Category: Blog CFPB to distribute over $191 million to consumers harmed by Tempoe
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: Press release CFPB Sues Student Lender Climb Credit and Investment Firm 1/0 for Deceiving Borrowers About Coding Bootcamps and Vocational Programs
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 Arbitration Platform Ejudicate for Deceiving Student Borrowers
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: 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: Press release CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Consumer advisories Sepa sus derechos cuando le llame un cobrador médico | CFPB
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 Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Center for American Progress Housing Summit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Banks from Harvesting Overdraft Fees Without Consumers' Consent
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: 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: 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: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Illegal Foreclosure Actions and Violating Law Enforcement Order
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: Press release CFPB actúa contra Credit Repair Cloud y su CEO, Daniel Rosen | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Credit Repair Cloud and CEO Daniel Rosen for Enabling Credit Repair Companies that Harvest Illegal Fees
Category: Blog Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Blog Las tarifas inesperadas que perjudican la competencia | CFPB
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: Press release Agencies Finalize Interagency Guidance on Reconsiderations of Value for Residential Real Estate Valuations
Category: Press release Agencies Issue Final Rule to Help Ensure Credibility and Integrity of Automated Valuation Models
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
Category: Press release CFPB propone normativa para evitar ejecuciones hipotecarias | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB tomó acciones contra el Fifth Third Bank | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Fifth Third for Wrongfully Triggering Auto Repossessions and Opening Fake Bank Accounts
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: Office of Research Publication Borrower Experiences with Mortgage Servicing During the COVID-19 Pandemic