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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: 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 Consumer Use of Buy Now, Pay Later and Other Unsecured Debt
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: Report The Financial Security of Small Business Owners: Evidence from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Report College Banking and Credit Card Agreements
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 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: Press release CFPB Closes Overdraft Loophole to Save Americans Billions in Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Comerica Bank for Systematically Failing Disabled and Older Americans
Category: Office of Research Publication An analysis of the first seven months of the federal student loan return to repayment
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2024: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Office of Research Publication Matched-Pair Testing in Small Business Lending Markets
Category: Office of Research Publication Insights from the 2023-2024 Student Loan Borrower Survey
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Center for American Progress Housing Summit
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the National Housing Conference
Category: Blog Preserving free access to money in your account
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Large Retail Chains Charging Cash-back Fees to Customers Using Debit and Prepaid Cards
Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the CFPB’s Field Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Lenders Cramming Markup Fees and Confusing Terms into Solar Energy Loans
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Treasury Roundtable on Solar Financing
Category: Press release Reporte halla tarifas exageradas en préstamos para energía solar | CFPB
Category: Blog Credit card delinquencies are higher than in 2019 because lenders took on more risk
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 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
Category: Report Negative Equity Findings from the Auto Finance Data Pilot
Category: Blog Keeping junk fees away from workers’ unemployment benefits
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: 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: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2023: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey
Category: Report Vast majority of NSF fees have been eliminated, saving consumers nearly $2 billion annually
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: 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: Blog Office of Research blog: Initial Fresh Start program changes followed by increased credit scores for affected student loan borrowers
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: 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: Report 2022 Financial Literacy Annual Report
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 Protecting people’s access to their money
Category: Office of Research Publication Making Ends Meet in 2022: Insights from the CFPB Making Ends Meet survey
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