Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government
(855) 411-2372
Submit a Complaint
Search

Recent updates

Find the latest CFPB activities and publications here. Use the filters below to browse by date, specific topics, or types of posts.

Date range
Clear filters
656 filtered results
Category Title Date published
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Developments in the Paycheck Advance Market
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Interpretive Rule to Ensure Workers Know the Costs and Fees of Paycheck Advance Products
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Emerging Paycheck Advance Products
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
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
Category: Blog Keeping junk fees away from workers’ unemployment benefits
Category: Report Negative Equity Findings from the Auto Finance Data Pilot
Category: Blog New protections for payday and installment loans slated to take effect next year
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision in CFPB v. CFSA
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Press release CFPB: consumidores pagan más por estructuras de precios complejas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Research Finding Higher Price Complexity Leads Consumers to Pay More
Category: Office of Research Publication Price Complexity in Laboratory Markets
Category: Press release CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in 2023 down more than 50% versus pre-pandemic levels, saving consumers over $6 billion annually
Category: Director's statement Joint Statement by Rohit Chopra, Director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission
Category: Report CFPB FY 2023 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) Report to Congress
Category: Report Data Spotlight: Trends in discount points amid rising interest rates
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop New Junk Fees on Bank Accounts
Category: Press release La CFPB Propone Normativa para Detener el Cobro de Tarifas Inesperadas sobre Cuentas Bancarias
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication The Neighborhood Geography of Mortgage Lending
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Report Showing Many Americans Are Surprised by Overdraft Fees
Category: Office of Research Publication Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Many College-Sponsored Financial Products Charge High and Unusual Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Orders U.S. Bank to Pay $21 Million for Illegal Conduct During COVID-19 Pandemic
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: A look at cash-out refinance mortgages and their borrowers between 2013 to 2023
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2023: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Blog Piloting disclosures for construction loans
Category: Report The CFPB Language Access Plan for consumers with limited English proficiency
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Jumpstart Competition and Accelerate Shift to Open Banking
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Jumpstart Competition and Accelerate Shift to Open Banking
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Category: Report Vast majority of NSF fees have been eliminated, saving consumers nearly $2 billion annually
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director, at New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund’s 14th Annual Financial Justice Summit
Category: Press release CFPB Mortgage Report Finds Jumps in Closing Costs and Denials for Insufficient Income, Growing Proportion of Cash-Out Refinances
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: 2022 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Role of Big Tech Firms in Mobile Payments
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Annual Fintech Conference
Category: Blog Las dificultades financieras son más duras en Puerto Rico, que en el resto del país
Category: Blog Financial struggles in Puerto Rico bite deeper than the rest of the United States
Category: Blog Looking at credit scores only tells part of the story – cashflow data may tell another part
Category: Report Big Tech's Role in Contactless Payments: Analysis of Mobile Device Operating Systems and Tap-to-Pay Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Report Shows Workers Face Risks from Employer-Driven Debt
Category: Press release Joint Statement by Rohit Chopra, Director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Initial Fresh Start program changes followed by increased credit scores for affected student loan borrowers
Category: Blog How are mortgages with a COVID-related forbearance performing in 2023?
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Areas of the Southern Region
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Update on student loan borrowers during payment suspension
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in Q4 2022 down nearly 50% versus pre-pandemic levels
Category: Blog Mortgage data shows that borrowers could save $100 a month (or more) by choosing cheaper lenders
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Seth Frotman at the Innovative Payments Conference
Category: Office of Research Publication Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing and Consumer Financial Outcomes
Category: Blog 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: Office of Research Publication Insights into Consumers’ Financial Standing and Distress from 2019-2022: Evidence from a CDFI
Category: Press release CFPB Sues James Carnes and Melissa Carnes for Hiding Money to Avoid Paying for Illegal Payday Lending Business
Category: Press release CFPB Demanda a los Carnes por Evitar Pagar por Negocio Ilegal
Category: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Special Edition, Issue 29, Winter 2023
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Rule Voluntary Review
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Use of Buy Now, Pay Later: Insights from the CFPB Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Public Benefits Delivery & Consumer Protection
Category: Press release CFPB examina altas tarifas que reducen beneficios públicos
Category: Press release New CFPB Issue Spotlight Examines High Fees that Chip Away at Public Benefits
Category: Blog Our auto finance data pilot
Category: Blog Why the largest credit card companies are suppressing actual payment data on your credit report
Category: Blog Por qué las grandes compañías emisoras de tarjetas de crédito suprimen datos reales de pagos en su informe de crédito
Category: Report Market Snapshot: Trends in Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting
Category: Report Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenue declines significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Credit score transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Blog Protecting people’s access to their money
Category: Blog Office of Research Blog: Even as rents increase, fewer people are buying
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2022: Insights from the CFPB Making Ends Meet survey
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Household Financial Health is Declining after Several Years of Increased Savings
Category: Press release CFPB & FHFA news release announcing the publication of updated loan-level data for public use collected through the National Survey of Mortgage Originations
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: Office of Research Publication Consumer Savings App Strategies and Savings Outcomes
Category: Blog Mejorando la data del público usada en préstamos automotrices
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Higher interest rates leading to higher debt burdens for mortgage borrowers
Category: Blog Enhancing public data on auto lending
Category: Press release CFPB Reports Highlight Problems with Tenant Background Checks
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB Destaca Problemas con la Verificación de Antecedentes de Inquilinos
Category: Report Consumer Snapshot: Tenant Background Checks
Category: Report Tenant Background Checks Market Report
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 28, Fall 2022
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Update on student loan borrowers during payment suspension
Category: Blog Examining the potential impact of high vehicle costs on Americans with deep subprime credit scores
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Effort to Spur New Opportunities for Homeowners in the Mortgage Market
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: 2021 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends
Category: Blog Market monitoring insights: examining the potential credit impact of high vehicle costs for consumers
Category: Report Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts
Category: Office of Research Publication Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia
Category: Blog Exploring the connection between financial assistance for medical care and medical collections