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Category: Press release CFPB Keeps Its Enforcement and Supervision Resources Focused on Pressing Threats to Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Offers Regulatory Relief From Registration Requirements for Small Loan Providers
Category: Blog
Archived
Back from the Dead: Zombie Second Mortgages
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 37 (Winter 2024)
Category: Blog
Archived
New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Press release
Archived
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
Archived
CFPB Uncovers Illegal Practices Across Student Loan Refinancing, Servicing, and Debt Collection
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Federal Supervision of Google Following Contested Designation
Category: Press release
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CFPB Finalizes Rule on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Auto Finance Special Edition, Issue 35 (Fall 2024)
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Illegal Foreclosure Actions and Violating Law Enforcement Order
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Stop Contract-for-Deed Investors from Setting Borrowers Up to Fail
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the CFPB’s Field Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: Blog
Archived
Junk fees that harm competition
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Special Edition Student Lending, Issue 36 (Winter 2024)
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Servicing and Collection of Consumer Debt, Issue 34 (Summer 2024)
Category: Office of Research Publication Borrower Experiences with Mortgage Servicing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB is working to reinforce the foundation of a fair, nondiscriminatory and competitive mortgage market
Category: Blog
Archived
CFPB approves rule to ensure accuracy and accountability in the use of AI and algorithms in home appraisals
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Violating Law Enforcement Order and for Housing Data Errors
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Warns Against Deception in Contract Fine Print
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Creates Registry to Detect Corporate Repeat Offenders
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Final Rule to Detect and Deter Repeat Offenders
Category: Blog
Archived
Public Interest Tech Jobs: Regulate tech and AI
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Stop Illegal Junk Fees in Mortgage Servicing
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 33 (Spring 2024)
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Updates Supervision Designation Procedures
Category: Press release
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CFPB Finds Violations of Credit Report Accuracy Requirements, Including for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 32 (Spring 2024)
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Federal Supervision for Installment Lender Following Contested Designation
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Revised Supervisory Appeals Process
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Overdraft Lending Press Call
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Federal Student Loan Return to Repayment
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Justice Department Sue Developer and Lender Colony Ridge for Bait-and-Switch Land Sales and Predatory Financing
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Press Event for Colony Ridge
Category: Blog
Archived
Office of Research blog: A look at cash-out refinance mortgages and their borrowers between 2013 to 2023
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Symposium on Property Insurance
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Big Tech Companies and Other Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on a Press Call on Junk Fees
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Update Special Edition, Issue 31, Fall 2023
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Return $140 Million to Consumers Hit by Illegal Junk Fees in Banking, Auto Loans, and Remittances
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation for Providing False Information to Federal Regulators
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at The Mortgage Collaborative National Conference
Category: Press release
Archived
Agencies to Host Roundtable on Special Purpose Credit Programs
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Blog
Archived
How are mortgages with a COVID-related forbearance performing in 2023?
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB intends to identify ways to simplify and streamline the existing mortgage servicing rules
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB has entered the chat
Category: Office of Research Publication Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing and Consumer Financial Outcomes
Category: Blog
Archived
Adjustable-rate loans are changing, because a widely-used interest rate index expires in June
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Illegal Collection Tactics on Zombie Mortgages
Category: Blog
Archived
Zombie second mortgages: When collectors come for long forgotten home loans
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Joins Other Financial Regulatory Agencies in Issuing Statement on Completing the LIBOR Transition
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on Zombie Mortgage Debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Address Abusive Conduct in Consumer Financial Markets
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Rohit Chopra’s Prepared Remarks at the University of California Irvine Law School
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finalizes Rule to Create a New Data Set on Small Business Lending in America
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Remarks at the NCRC Just Economy Conference
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Special Edition, Issue 29, Winter 2023
Category: Speech
Archived
Deputy Director Martinez’s Prepared Remarks at the Consumer Law Scholars Conference
Category: Blog
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For many struggling mortgage borrowers with home equity, selling their home could be an alternative to foreclosure
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Root Out Tactics Which Charge People Fees for Subscriptions They Don’t Want
Category: Blog
Archived
CFPB releases updates to mortgage servicing exam procedures
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Proposed Registry of Supervised Nonbanks that Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions that Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes Rule to Establish Public Registry of Terms and Conditions in Form Contracts That Claim to Waive or Limit Consumer Rights and Protections
Category: Blog
Archived
What new supervised institutions need to know about working with the CFPB
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes Registry to Detect Repeat Offenders
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Carrington Mortgage for Cheating Homeowners out of CARES Act Rights
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Supervisory Examinations Find Credit Reporting Failures, Junk Fees, and Mishandling of COVID-19 Protections
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB finalizes rule to increase transparency regarding key nonbank supervision tool
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Supervisory Examinations Find Violations of Federal Law by Student Loan Servicers and University-Owned Lenders
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Launches Effort to Spur New Opportunities for Homeowners in the Mortgage Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Justice Department Caution Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections
Category: Blog
Archived
Measuring the impact of financial institution overdraft programs on consumers
Category: Blog
Archived
Credit disputes: getting a clear statement of results from your furnisher
Category: Report Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 Pandemic Response Metrics: New Observations from Data Reported by Sixteen Servicers for May-December 2021
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Releases Report on Mortgage Servicing Metrics
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Supervisory Report Finds Unlawful Auto Repossessions, Breakdowns in Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
Category: Blog
Archived
Overcharging for add-on products on auto loans
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Invokes Dormant Authority to Examine Nonbank Companies Posing Risks to Consumers
Category: Speech
Archived
Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Lawsuit Against MoneyGram
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and NY Attorney General Sue Repeat Offender MoneyGram For Leaving Families High and Dry
Category: Blog
Archived
Helping borrowers hold mortgage servicers accountable
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sanctions Edfinancial for Lying about Student Loan Cancellation
Category: Director's statement
Archived
CFPB Director Chopra Statement on Edfinancial and Student Loan Cancellation for Public Service
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
Archived
“Reining in Repeat Offenders”: 2022 Distinguished Lecture on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Category: Blog
Archived
CFPB Extends Opportunity for Public to Provide Input on Junk Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication New Data on the Characteristics of Mortgage Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Policy on Contractual ‘Gag’ Clauses and Fake Review Fraud
Category: Blog
Archived
Using the Homeowner Assistance Fund program to help borrowers prevent foreclosure
Category: Blog
Archived
If you’re a homeowner struggling to make housing-related payments due to the pandemic, help is available or coming soon
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Initiative to Save Americans Billions in Junk Fees
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Junk Fees RFI Press Call
Category: Press release
Archived
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Examine Colleges’ In-House Lending Practices

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