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 study analyzes a rich, non-public data set to shed light on the volume and characteristics of elder financial abuse.
This report on the Bureau’s September 17th, 2018 Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility Symposium summarizes the panel discussions that took place during the event and highlights the key themes that stood out from those conversations.
This report describes our fair lending activities in prioritization, supervision, enforcement, guidance and rulemaking, interagency coordination, and outreach for calendar year 2017.
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.
A brief on credit invisibility, implications for consumers, and steps that communities can take to help consumers build or rebuild their credit.
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 paper reflects initial findings of the Bureau’s research on the small business lending market. It provides a preliminary understanding of the small business lending environment, with a particular emphasis on lending to women-owned and minority-owned small businesses.
This report describes our fair lending activities in prioritization, supervision, enforcement, rulemaking, interagency coordination, and outreach for calendar year 2016.
