We study how consumers interact with financial products and services to help identify potential problems in the marketplace and achieve better outcomes for all. Review our reports and analyses to help inform your decisions, policies, and practices. And, see reports that we periodically prepare about the CFPB.
This midyear report highlights the problems that student loan borrowers face when seeking to access programs designed to protect people working in public service.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) provides information on the Bureau’s efforts to improve the environment and contribute to federal sustainability goals.
The CFPB’s Office of Consumer Response hears directly
from consumers about the challenges they face in the marketplace, brings their
concerns to the attention of companies, and assists in addressing their
complaints. This Monthly Complaint Report provides a high-level snapshot of
trends in consumer complaints.
This midyear update analyzes complaints submitted by consumers from March 1, 2016, to Feb. 28, 2017. Additionally, this report highlights the problems that student loan borrowers face when seeking to access programs designed to protect people working in public service.
There is no single right way to help adults improve financial decision-making, just as there is no single right way everyone should conduct their financial lives. This report, reflecting research and input from the field, presents five principles for effective financial education.
This report describes CFPB research on ways to help people make decisions for spending their retirement savings. The study explored ways to communicate retirement spending options, whether it is years before retirement or “just in time” when retirement is near.
Our data point reports are prepared by our Office of Research to provide an evidence-based perspective on consumer financial markets, consumer behavior, and regulations to inform the public discourse. This fifth data point looks at the paths consumers who are credit invisible take to acquire a credit history.
The CFPB’s Office of Consumer Response hears directly from consumers about the challenges they face in the marketplace, brings their concerns to the attention of companies, and assists in addressing their complaints. This Monthly Complaint Report provides a high-level snapshot of trends in consumer complaints.
This technical report describes the development and scoring procedures of the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale.
This report introduces the Office of Servicemember Affairs’ new focus: charting the financial issues a servicemember faces throughout his or her military career.
