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Category: Report 2025 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Report 2025 Private Education Loan Ombudsman Report
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2025
Category: Press release CFPB Reaches Settlement with FirstCash, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries for Military Lending Act Violations
Category: Report Auto Lending to Servicemembers
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds Servicemembers Pay More in Auto Lending Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Equifax to Pay $15 Million for Improper Investigations of Credit Reporting Errors
Category: Blog
Archived
Holding Credit Reporting Companies Accountable for Junk Data
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Experian for Sham Investigations of Credit Report Errors
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Blog
Archived
Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 37 (Winter 2024)
Category: Blog
Archived
New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees
Category: Report Medical Collections on Credit Reports in Native American Communities
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB and IHS joint letter re: Protecting approved Purchased/Referred Care program patients from improper bills
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Student Loan Debt Collector Performant Recovery for Illegal Fee Generating Scheme That Cost Borrowers Thousands of Dollars
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices
Category: Report Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Navy Federal Credit Union to Pay More Than $95 Million for Illegal Surprise Overdraft Fees
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Auto Finance Special Edition, Issue 35 (Fall 2024)
Category: Consumer advisories
Archived
Consumer advisory: Pause and review your rights when you hear from a medical debt collector
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at a White House Convening on Medical Debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Director Chopra Joins White House Event on Medical Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Medical Debt and Non-Profit Hospital Billing Practices
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2023 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Challenges Facing Servicemembers and Veterans with Student Loans
Category: Blog
Archived
Debt collectors that take advantage of surviving spouses and their vulnerabilities
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Horizon Card Services and CEO Robert Kane for Illegally Baiting, Gouging, and Trapping Families in High-Fee Credit Cards
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Bans Navient from Federal Student Loan Servicing and Orders the Company to Pay $120 Million for Wide-Ranging Student Lending Failures
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Navient Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2024
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection
Category: Blog
Archived
What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
Category: Report 2023 Financial Literacy Annual Report
Category: Blog
Archived
Junk fees that harm competition
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: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against James and Melissa Carnes for Fraudulently Hiding Money to Evade Law Enforcement
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Warns Against Deception in Contract Fine Print
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Student Loan Servicer PHEAA for Pursuing Borrowers for Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s UC Irvine Law Review article on enforcing the post-financial crisis ban on abusive conduct.
Category: Blog
Archived
The CFPB is protecting the military community and providing relief
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Western Benefits for Swindling Student Loan Borrowers
Category: Report Data spotlight: Early impacts of removing low-balance medical collections
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports
Category: Report Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 33 (Spring 2024)
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs
Category: Blog
Archived
Ensuring servicemembers can protect themselves from unlawful financial practices
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 32 (Spring 2024)
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the White House on Data Protection and National Security
Category: Blog
Archived
Consumer reporting companies have an obligation to correct errors
Category: Blog
Archived
State UDAAP Developments
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to New York State on the Prohibition on Abusive Conduct
Category: Director's statement
Archived
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Releases a Statement in Response to President Biden’s Executive Order To Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data
Category: Blog
Archived
Unlawful fees in the mortgage market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Seven State Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise, Strategic Financial Solutions, for Illegally Swindling More Than $100 Million from Financially Struggling Families
Category: Blog
Archived
Holding debt collectors responsible for false statements
Category: Blog
Archived
CFPB to distribute nearly $6 million to consumers harmed by predatory loans to veterans
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and Justice Department Sue Developer and Lender Colony Ridge for Bait-and-Switch Land Sales and Predatory Financing
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Shuts Down Commonwealth Financial Systems for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB and 11 States Order Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Highlighting Consumer Protection Issues in Medical Debt Collection
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act CFPB Annual Report 2023
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Fines Repeat Offender Enova $15 Million for Violating Order, Deceiving Customers, and Withdrawing Funds Without Consent
Category: Blog
Archived
Servicemembers continue to face major financial challenges
Category: Report The Consumer Credit Card Market
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Kicks Off Rulemaking to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Medical Debt at a Press Call Hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris
Category: Director's statement
Archived
Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at White House Roundtable on Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices
Category: Blog
Archived
What we’re hearing from consumers in New Mexico
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Consumer risks posed by employer-driven debt
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Sues Snap Finance for Illegally Luring Americans into Expensive Financing and Bullying Borrowers Using False Threats
Category: Letter
Archived
CFPB Letter to State Legislature on Establishing a Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund
Category: Press release
Archived
State Partners and CFPB Sue Prehired For Illegal Student Lending Practices
Category: Report Office of Servicemember Affairs 2022 Annual Report
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Report Identifies Issues with Increased Servicemember Use of Digital Payment Apps
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Takes Action Against Phoenix Financial Services for Illegal Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Practices
Category: Blog
Archived
We are extending the deadline for comments about data brokers
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
Category: Blog
Archived
Credit reporting companies should do more to ensure that servicemembers receive the free credit monitoring services they are legally entitled to
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Issues Guidance to Protect Homeowners from Illegal Collection Tactics on Zombie Mortgages
Category: Speech
Archived
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra on Zombie Mortgage Debt
Category: Blog
Archived
Office of Research blog: Who gets sued in civil courts? Civil judgments are not evenly distributed
Category: Testimony
Archived
Written Testimony of James S. Rice, Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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: Blog
Archived
Tell us your experiences with data brokers
Category: Press release
Archived
CFPB Orders Repeat Offender Portfolio Recovery Associates to Pay More Than $24 Million for Continued Illegal Debt Collection Practices and Consumer Reporting Violations

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