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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 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: Report Supervisory Highlights: Advanced Technologies Special Edition, Issue 38 (Winter 2025)
Category: Blog 2024 CFPB Annual Employee Survey Results
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 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 Flood Risk and the U.S. Mortgage Market
Category: Blog New protections for payday and installment loans take effect March 30
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: 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: 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 La CFPB demanda a bancos por fraude en Zelle | CFPB
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 37 (Winter 2024)
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: Report Issue Spotlight: The High Cost of Retail Credit Cards
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action on Bait-and-Switch Credit Card Rewards Tactics
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: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Protect Homeowners on Solar Panel Loans and Other Home Improvement Loans Paid Back Through Property Taxes
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Homeowners face problems with mortgage companies after divorce or death of a loved one
Category: Press release CFPB Uncovers Illegal Practices Across Student Loan Refinancing, Servicing, and Debt Collection
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: 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 Orders Federal Supervision of Google Following Contested Designation
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: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2024: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
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 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: 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 CFPB launches public comment process for open banking standard setter recognition
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: 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