Director Chopra’s Opening Remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/director-chopras-opening-remarks-to-the-consumer-advisory-board/
Director Chopra remarks at the April 6, 2022 CAB meeting.
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Consumer advisory: Don’t give money or information to scammers promising student loan forgiveness
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/consumer-advisory-dont-give-money-or-information-to-scammers-promising-student-loan-forgiveness/
Numerous student loan borrowers recently submitted complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) about companies that promised them student loan forgiveness or loan forbearance in exchange for fees amounting to hundreds or thousands of dollars. Borrowers believed they were talking to their servicer or a company authorized by the Department of Education because they often knew private information such as the borrower’s loan balance or recent consolidation activity. This is fraud.
Teenagers and borrowing
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/money-as-you-grow/teen-young-adult/explore-borrowing/
How to talk with teens and young adults about borrowing.
Check your mailbox: Veterans with severe disabilities and student loans should keep an eye out for this
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/check-your-mailbox-veterans-severe-disabilities-and-student-loans-should-keep-eye-out/
The Department of Education is alerting veterans with severe disabilities that they may be eligible for tax-free discharge of their outstanding student loans.
Mortgages key terms
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/language/cfpb-in-english/mortgages-key-terms/
Understand key terms related to mortgages in English.
Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/prepared-remarks-director-rohit-chopra-american-association-healthcare-administration-management/
Director Chopra delivered remarks at the May 4, 2023, meeting of the American Association of Healthcare Administration Management's Government Relations Committee and Executive Board.
Mortgage answers
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/mortgages/answers/key-terms/
Find answers to questions about getting a mortgage, paying your mortgage, or reverse mortgages.
Don’t let sloppy servicing keep you from benefitting under the PSLF Fix before it expires on October 31, 2022
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/dont-let-sloppy-servicing-keep-you-from-benefitting-under-pslf-fix-before-it-expires-october-31-2022/
The PSLF Limited Waiver provides important new benefits to workers in public service until October 31, 2022. Servicers are responsible for helping to navigate the process.
Tips for student loan co-signers
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/repay-student-debt/student-loan-cosigners/
If you’re the cosigner for a student loan, learn about your rights and options. See answers to questions about credit requirements, default, or being removed from a student loan.
Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/explainer-federal-student-loan-interest-rates-to-jump/
While rates aren't set in stone yet, interest rates on new federal student loans are expected to jump this July. We've updated our Paying for College tool...
Prepared Remarks by Richard Cordray at a Consumer Advisory Board meeting
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/prepared-remarks-by-richard-cordray-at-a-consumer-advisory-board-meeting/
Since we first became an independent agency, the Consumer Bureau has been focused on the financial issues that are common to the everyday lives of most...
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Auto Title Lending Research Press Call
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/prepared-remarks-cfpb-director-richard-cordray-auto-title-lending-research-press-call/
Today, we are releasing our fourth report on this market, which is a study of single-payment auto title loans. Our study analyzed nearly 3.5 million loans...
Save the date, Kansas City, Mo.!
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/save-date-kansas-city-missouri/
The hearing will feature remarks from CFPB Director Richard Cordray as well as testimony from consumer groups, industry representatives, and members of the...
CARD Act Conference: Key findings
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/card-act-conference-key-findings/
The data from the eight presentations at the CARD Act conference provide an overview of the credit card market – the cost of credit for consumers, the...
Building Block Activities Resource List
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/educator-tools/youth-financial-education/resources-research/building-block-activities-resources/
Our youth financial education activities occasionally include links to helpful tools, information, and materials from other agencies and organizations. We’ve organized these resources in one place so you can easily explore them for your classroom teaching and learning.
The graduate’s guide: Your first job
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/the-graduates-guide-your-first-job/
School's behind you. Now it's time to put everything you've learned to work. Your first couple of days on the job will likely include filling out forms that...
Consumer advisory: Co-signers can cause surprise defaults on your private student loans
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/consumer-advisory-co-signers-can-cause-surprise-defaults-on-your-private-student-loans/
Today, we released a report that describes complaints we received related to the private student loan industry’s practice of placing borrowers in default even when their loans are current and in good standing. Take a look at our consumer advisory and sample letters for borrowers and co-signers.
Agencies Provide Additional Information to Encourage Financial Institutions to Work with Borrowers Affected by COVID-19
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/agencies-provide-additional-information-encourage-financial-institutions-work-borrowers-affected-covid-19/
The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the state banking regulators issued an interagency statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with borrowers affected by COVID-19 and providing additional information regarding loan modifications.
Now recruiting: Technology & Innovation Fellows for 2015
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/now-recruiting-technology-innovation-fellows-for-2015/
The fellowship is a two year program for developers, designers, data specialists, and cybersecurity professionals who want to further our mission of making...
Explainer: scoring student loan servicers
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/scoring-student-loan-servicers/
This fall, college graduates across the country will start to send payments on their student loans to their servicers. Loan servicers are companies that...