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Tropical Storm Debby caused heavy flooding all over the eastern part of the country. We have tips to help you get back on your feet financially and prepare for an active storm season.

Credit card delinquencies increased rapidly since 2021 and are higher than in 2019. We show this increase is explained by lenders effectively loosening lending standards.

The CFPB filed an amicus brief to help ensure that mortgage servicers acting as debt collectors don’t improperly charge fees that prevent consumers from shopping around.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra recently met with people in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. He combines his on-the-ground observations with the CFPB’s complaint data to identify and address financial challenges along the Gulf Coast.

La CFPB actuó contra la compañía All American y contra su dueño, Michel Gray, por no divulgar el costo de cobrar un cheque, usar tácticas engañosas para evitar que consumidores cancelaran o pidieran reembolso de transacciones y mentir acerca de los beneficios de los costosos préstamos del día de pago.

The CFPB took action against the check cashing and payday loan company All American and its owner, Michael Gray, for failing to disclose the cost of cashing a check, using deceptive tactics to prevent consumers from canceling or refunding a transaction, and making deceptive statements about the benefits of its high-cost payday loans.

In July, 122,507 consumers harmed by BrightSpeed Solutions and its founder, Kevin Howard, will begin receiving refund checks in the mail. CFPB sued the privately-owned, third-party payment processor for knowingly facilitating payments for companies that tricked consumers into expensive and unnecessary antivirus software or services.

Consumidores afectados por BrightSpeed Solutions y su fundador Kevin Howard, recibirán reembolsos por correo. La compañía facilitó el engaño a consumidores.

Le mostramos consejos para que recupere y reconstruya sus finanzas luego del paso del huracán Beryl, además de pasos que puede tomar con antelación para prepararse para una posible emergencia.

Here are tips to recover and rebuild financially in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, as well as steps you can take to prepare in advance for a potential emergency.

CFPB’s HMDA enforcement cases and research focus on ensuring financial institutions comply with HMDA and Regulation C’s requirement to report complete and accurate mortgage lending information.

The CFPB releases its Fair Lending Annual Report to Congress, describing its fair lending activities in enforcement and supervision; guidance and rulemaking; interagency coordination; and outreach and education for calendar year 2023.

The CFPB approved a rule to address the current and future applications of complex algorithms and artificial intelligence used to estimate home values.

The CFPB is examining how financial institutions market their products to healthcare providers.

New guidance from the US Department of Labor addresses predatory practices on state prepaid debit cards for unemployment insurance payments.

After a Supreme Court decision last month, the CFPB’s rule to bring common-sense consumer protections for payday loans and other kinds of high-cost credit will move forward.

Luego de la reciente ola de tornados y grandes tormentas, le ofrecemos consejos para que se recupere y prepare financieramente en caso de que llegue la temporada de temporales.

Following the recent tornadoes and heavy storms, here are tips to help you recover financially and prepare in case of a season of severe weather.

The CFPB filed a Statement of Interest (amicus brief) to help ensure that banks meet their obligations with respect to scams.

Servicemembers have submitted over 400,000 complaints to the CFPB to get help with financial problems including problems with the Servicemember Civil Relief Act. The CFPB helps them get the answers and also enforces the law when necessary, returning $183 million in relief to the military community since 2011.

Join us and other enforcement agencies across the Federal government to ensure the use of advanced technology and automated systems comply with all Federal laws.

Los consumidores quienes fueron engañados para que pagaran préstamos que, de hecho, no debían recibirán compensación del fondo de multas civiles de la CFPB.

Consumers who were tricked into paying loans they did not actually owe will receive payments from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s civil penalty fund.

More than 118,000 consumers who were falsely promised lower interest rates and larger loan amounts if they moved up the “LendUp Ladder” will receive checks in the mail this month.

Más de 118.000 consumidores a quienes se les prometió falsamente tasas de interés más bajas y montos de préstamos más grandes, si usaban el programa “LendUp Ladder”, recibirán este mes pagos por correo.