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Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Special Edition, Issue 29, Winter 2023
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Credit score transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Category: Blog Office of Research Blog: Even as rents increase, fewer people are buying
Category: Blog Office of Research blog: Higher interest rates leading to higher debt burdens for mortgage borrowers
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: Blog Exploring the connection between financial assistance for medical care and medical collections
Category: Blog Housing inflation is hitting low-income renters
Category: Blog Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenues evolve along with their policies
Category: Press release CFPB Sues ACE Cash Express for Concealing No-Cost Repayment Plans and Improperly Withdrawing Consumers’ Funds
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Deputy Director Zixta Martinez’s Keynote Address at the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Deputy Director Martinez’s Opening Remarks to the Academic Research Council
Category: Report Consumer Use of State Payday Loan Extended Payment Plans
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Payday Borrowers Continue to Pay Significant Rollover Fees Despite State-Level Protections and Payment Plans
Category: Blog New effort focused on financial issues facing rural communities
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 25, Fall 2021
Category: Director's statement Statement by CFPB Acting Director Uejio on CFPB Victory in Legal Challenge to Payday Lending Rule Protections
Category: Blog Credit access declined during the pandemic for credit cards, but increased for mortgages and auto loans
Category: Blog Credit card limits are rising for most groups after stagnating during the pandemic
Category: Blog Credit card use is still declining compared to pre-pandemic levels
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Acting Director Uejio For AFR’s Celebration of the CFPB’s 10th Birthday
Category: Blog Trends in Reported Assistance on Consumers’ Credit Records
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24, Summer 2021
Category: Blog Delinquencies on credit accounts continue to be low despite the pandemic
Category: Blog Consumer use of payday, auto title, and pawn loans
Category: Blog Credit applications remain depressed for credit cards and auto loans
Category: Blog Credit card debt fell even for consumers who were having financial difficulties before the pandemic
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule on Small Dollar Lending
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Short-term Lenders for Engaging in Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, South Carolina, and Arkansas File Suit Against Brokers of High-Interest Credit Offers
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 21 (Winter 2020)
Category: Press release CFPB, Arkansas State AG Settle with Brokers of High-Interest Credit Offers
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Notices of Proposed Rulemaking on Payday Lending
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Cash Tyme
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with NDG Financial Corp.
Category: Press release Public Statement Regarding Payday Rule Reconsideration and Delay of Compliance Date
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with Cash Express
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Files Suit Against Future Income Payments LLC, Scott Kohn, and Related Entities
Category: Press release Bureau Of Consumer Financial Protection Settles With Defendants In Hydra Group Payday Lending Case
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with Triton Management Group
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles With Security Group, Inc.
Category: Press release CFPB Statement on Payday Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Think Finance For Collecting On Debts That Consumers Did Not Legally Owe
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule To Stop Payday Debt Traps
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Payday Rule Press Call
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2017
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Recovers $14 Million in First Half of 2017 for Over 100,000 Consumers Harmed by Illegal Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Zero Parallel for Steering Consumers Toward Bad Deals
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Four Online Lenders for Collecting on Debts Consumers Did Not Legally Owe
Category: Blog Understanding Consumer Experiences: Insights from CFPB’s 2016 Consumer Response Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB and State of Virginia Take Action Against Woodbridge Gold & Pawn for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Pawn Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Moneytree for Deceptive Advertising and Collection Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Updated Exam Procedures for Military Lending Act
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray to Corporation for Enterprise Development Assets Learning Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving
Category: Press release CFPB Orders LendUp to Pay $3.63 Million for Failing to Deliver Promised Benefits
Category: Press release CFPB Fines Titlemax Parent Company $9 Million for Luring Consumers Into More Costly Loans
Category: Blog We want to hear from the public about payday loans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Category: Blog We’ve proposed a rule to protect consumers from payday debt traps
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Rule to End Payday Debt Traps
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Little Rock, Ark.
Category: Blog Save the date, Kansas City, Mo.!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Auto Title Lending Research Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Finds One-in-Five Auto Title Loan Borrowers Have Vehicle Seized for Failing to Repay Debt
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Check Cashing and Payday Lending Company for Tricking and Trapping Consumers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Payday Lending Research Report Press Call
Category: Blog New research shows online payday loan borrowers rack up steep fees
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Half of Online Payday Borrowers Rack Up an Average of $185 in Bank Penalties
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Acting Deputy Director David Silberman Before the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Category: Press release CFPB Orders EZCORP to Pay $10 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics
Category: Report OSA semi-annual snapshot of servicemember complaints
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Online Lender for Deceiving Borrowers
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Offshore Payday Lender
Category: Blog You have the right to a fair financial marketplace
Category: Press release CFPB Statement On Department Of Defense Military Lending Act Final Rule
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2015
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for the Summer Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Omaha, Neb.
Category: Blog Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Field Hearing on Payday Lending
Category: Blog Live from Richmond!
Category: Blog Save the date, Richmond!
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Hydra Group Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Online Payday Lender for Cash-Grab Scam
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ACE Cash Express Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Category: Blog Spring 2014 rulemaking agenda
Category: Press release CFPB Supervision Report Highlights Risky Practices In Nonbank Markets
Category: Speech Director Richard Cordray Remarks at the Payday Field Hearing
Category: Blog Live from Nashville!
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Four Out Of Five Payday Loans Are Rolled Over Or Renewed
Category: Blog Update: Save the date, Nashville!
Category: Press release CFPB Sues CashCall for Illegal Online Loan Servicing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the CashCall Enforcement Action Press Call