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I’d like to thank everyone at the CFA for your leadership and extraordinary work on consumer financial reform on behalf of ordinary Americans.

"The goal of our consumer fraud alert is to empower homeowners with the knowledge of how to recognize and avoid these scams," said Christy Romero, Deputy...

The CFPB is using the information learned in the first few months of credit card complaints to help identify problems in the market. After careful analysis...

The Notice and Request for Information issued by the CFPB asks the public to identify provisions of the inherited regulations that the agency should make...

Under section 1025 of Dodd-Frank, the Bureau has exclusive authority to examine for compliance with federal consumer financial laws and primary authority to...

Private student loans are financial products used for higher education that are not originated through the federal student loan program. Many students...

The CFPB today announced the hiring of eight experts for key senior leadership positions within the agency.

Now I look forward to putting these past experiences to good use in helping our nation’s senior consumers in the financial marketplace.

Today, the Bureau announced the second phase of its Know Before You Owe mortgage project, which will combine the two forms consumers get before finalizing a...

The Early Warning Notice process allows the subject of an investigation to respond to any potential legal violations that CFPB enforcement staffbelieve have...

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about the Office...

Our mission at the CFPB is to help consumer financial markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by...

This is why the CFPB is assisting the Department of Education with creating a "financial aid shopping sheet" that colleges could use to improve information...

Today, I'd like to talk about how the Bureau is working to make a better student loan market, and I'd like to announce an exciting initiative with the...

The draft shopping sheet – a model financial aid disclosure form – makes the costs and risks of student loans clear upfront, before students have enrolled...

Humphrey has spent much of his professional life working to protect consumers, serving first as a state Senator and later as Attorney General of Minnesota...

The Mortgage Servicing Examination Procedures released today by the CFPB describe the types of information that the agency's examiners will gather to...

That means, for example, that when it comes to the mortgage market, we will be able to ensure that brokers, originators, and servicers play by the same...

As I travel the country talking to military families, I have heard too many distressing stories of servicemembers who are underwater, but not delinquent, on...

The problem is that checking accounts often come with a wide variety of unexpected costs that can quickly add up for consumers.

I am happy to take part in a dialogue like this one to ensure that military families have all the information they need to make sound decisions about where...

We are dedicated to improving the lives of everyday Americans and to restoring trust in consumer financial markets. The Semi-Annual Report we are discussing...

We are here today to discuss the Dodd-Frank Act and its implications for consumers, businesses, and the economy. From my, admittedly biased, perspective...

We are the first agency accountable for making sure that consumer finance markets work for American families. To carry out that mission, the law gives us a...

In keeping with this commitment, the CFPB is asking consumers, financial service providers, organizations, and other members of the public to provide...