Explainer: How small businesses play a role in the rulemaking process
We often hear many questions about how the rulemaking process works. We decided to write a series of posts that explain some key parts of the rulemaking...
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Live from Richmond!
Today, we held a field hearing on payday lending in Richmond, Va. The hearing featured remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as testimony from...
Your complaint is more than data—it’s your story
While you can see hundreds of thousands of complaints in the Consumer Complaint Database, these complaints are much more than just data to us. They reflect...
Here’s why you should open a savings account for your kids
Parents often want to open accounts for their children, to help them learn about saving for the future and managing their money. And young people often go...
Save the date, Richmond!
Join us for a field hearing in Richmond, Va. on payday lending. The hearing will take place on Thursday, March 26 at 12 p.m. EDT.
We took a look at arbitration agreements and here’s what we found
Tens of millions of consumers use financial products or services like credit cards and student loans that include pre-dispute arbitration clauses in their...
Live from Newark!
Today, we held a field hearing on arbitration in Newark, N.J. The event featured remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as testimony from consumer...
Getting young people on the path to financial success
We're working with the Department of Labor to increase youth financial capability across the country at this crucial stage when young people are starting to...
Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting with Director Cordray on Thursday, March 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. EST. During this meeting we will discuss...
You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
Goals, whether long term or short term, usually cost money to accomplish. That means when you have a life goal, you probably have a financial goal...
Save the date, Newark!
Join us for a field hearing in Newark, N.J. on arbitration.
No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially
America Saves Week is coming soon. This annual event helps thousands of us start out on a regular program of saving money toward our goals. We've all got...
Save the date: Join us for the Winter 2015 Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC
Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting with Director Cordray on Thursday, February 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. During this meeting we will discuss...
Special announcement for Corinthian students
Along with the U.S. Department of Education, today we announced more than $480 million in forgiveness for borrowers who took out Corinthian College's...
More momentum for promoting tools for social services programs
In the six months since we announced the release of Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs, organizations...
Seeking answers for struggling student loan borrowers
Today, we're asking several players in the student loan industry to find out what progress they've made. We're looking to find out what loan modification...
4 elements define personal financial well-being
Savings and income are part of financial well-being, but we learned that they’re not always the most important part. Instead, when people talked about their own financial well-being, four main elements came to light.
Accepting applications for our Advisory Board and Councils in 2015
Today, we're accepting applications for membership on all of our advisory groups. We're inviting applications from individuals who can provide us with...
5 reasons to check out our Owning a Home tools now
This week, we're launching our latest effort to help you navigate the market, ask the questions, and take the steps that will help you to find the mortgage...
Nearly half of mortgage borrowers don’t shop around when they buy a home
We shop to find the best price for laptops or appliances, but a report of recent mortgage borrowers found that almost half of us don't shop around for a...
Are unpaid debts a military career-killer?
Servicemembers, veterans and military families have submitted more than 11,000 debt collection complaints to the CFPB since we began accepting them in July...
A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt
For all of you faced with student loan payments and crafting New Year’s resolutions to conquer your debt, we’ve put together some tips to help you navigate through the noise.
Tax season is here
In the next few months most U.S. households will be filing their tax returns. The holidays are over and it's worth taking a few minutes now to think ahead...
The holidays give you an opportunity to show your kids how money works
The holiday season provides a particularly good opportunity to reach kids with some basic money attitudes. Your children absorb what you say and what you...
Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Our investigation found that the companies illegally filed thousands of lawsuits in Virginia against consumers who didn't live or purchase goods there: over...