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La Oficina para la Protección Financiera del Consumidor cumplió 12 años de fundada. Estamos orgullosos del trabajo hecho hasta ahora y continuaremos protegiendo a los consumidores mientras nuevos mercados emerjan.

Tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB is proud to celebrate our work so far and continue protecting consumers as new markets emerge.

Hemos publicado la queja número tres millones en nuestra base de datos. Éstas representan 10 años compartiendo experiencias de consumidores, clarificando los problemas que enfrentan.

We published the three millionth complaint on the CFPB complaint database.

A message from the Chair of the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law on the Taskforce report, public engagement, and a path forward.

The Bureau’s new Office of Innovation is proposing a “Disclosure Sandbox” to give companies leeway to test new disclosures or delivery methods that may better serve consumers.

We are proud to unveil a new seal for the Bureau that aligns us with official seals of other federal financial services regulators.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) offers an honors attorney fellowship program that gives exceptional law students and recent graduates an opportunity to hone their legal skills while serving the American people. Today, we’re announcing that this fellowship, formerly known as the Louis D. Brandeis Honors Attorney Program, will be renamed the Joseph Story Honors Attorney Program.

Learn about our work over the past six years to create new consumer financial protections and provide resources to help people make informed financial decisions.

Take control of your financial life with these ten tools that can help you make choices at the grocery store, pay your credit card bill, and deal with debt...

Learn about the five financial products and services we've received the most complaints about in the last 5 years. Check out the resources we've created to...

In the past five years, we have written rules, enforced laws and, supervised banks and other financial companies, while at the same time creating resources...

To protect and help consumers in the financial marketplace, we set priorities to ensure that we tackle the most troubling problems using the best mix of...

We participated in multiple National Day of Civic Hacking events this year, with CFPB staff attending events in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Oakland...

Since 2011, we have secured over $10.8 billion dollars in relief for more than 25 million consumers harmed by illegal practices.

If you believe you have the right to free, unbiased financial information, you are not alone – because at the Bureau, we agree. It's our job to provide you...

While our doors have only been open for a short time, our work is helping to create a financial marketplace that works for you. We're listening to your...

We officially opened our doors on July 21, 2011—three years ago today. Since then, we've used a range of tools in our toolbox to protect consumers: writing...

Every complaint helps us in our work to supervise companies, enforce federal consumer financial laws, and write better rules and regulations. You speaking...

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A message from Director Cordray.

On consumerfinance.gov/es, you can find answers, in plain-language Spanish, to consumers' most common questions. It's also our first responsive site – it...

Rich Cordray, the new Director of the CFPB, has recorded a message about the extraordinary privilege he sees in working on behalf of American consumers.

Today, I was appointed by President Obama to serve as the first Director of the Bureau. I am honored by this opportunity to continue my work on behalf of...

As the nation’s first federal agency focused on consumer financial protection, we have been hard at work putting procedures and mechanisms in place to protect you from unfair, deceptive, and abusive financial practices.