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      Category: Press release CFPB Orders Equifax to Pay $15 Million for Improper Investigations of Credit Reporting Errors
      Category: Blog Holding Credit Reporting Companies Accountable for Junk Data
      Category: Press release CFPB Sues Experian for Sham Investigations of Credit Report Errors
      Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
      Category: Press release CFPB termina norma sobre facturas médicas en informes de crédito | CFPB
      Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies
      Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices
      Category: Blog What we're learning: Medical debt's impact on Alaska Native communities
      Category: Press release CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports
      Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Ban of Medical Bills on Credit Reports
      Category: Press release CFPB Propone Prohibir Facturas Médicas en Informes de Crédito | CFPB
      Category: Blog Consumer reporting companies have an obligation to correct errors
      Category: Blog Compañías de informes de crédito deben corregir errores
      Category: Director's statement CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Releases a Statement in Response to President Biden’s Executive Order To Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data
      Category: Director's statement Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at White House Roundtable on Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices
      Category: Blog Extendemos la fecha tope para recibir comentarios sobre los corredores de datos
      Category: Blog We are extending the deadline for comments about data brokers
      Category: Blog Tell us your experiences with data brokers
      Category: Blog Tell us about your experiences with rental background checks and fees
      Category: Blog Opine acerca de sus experiencias con las revisiones de antecedentes a inquilinos y sus tarifas
      Category: Press release CFPB Issues Report on TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax
      Category: Press release CFPB Issues Advisory to Protect Privacy When Companies Compile Personal Data
      Category: Press release CFPB Helps Survivors Mitigate the Financial Consequences of Human Trafficking
      Category: Blog Rethinking the approach to regulations
      Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 26, Spring 2022
      Category: Speech Director Chopra’s Prepared Remarks on the Repeat Offender Lawsuit Against TransUnion and John Danaher
      Category: Press release CFPB Seeks to Halt Negative Credit Reporting for Survivors of Human Trafficking
      Category: Blog Report illustrates how the big three credit reporting companies are giving consumers the runaround
      Category: Press release CFPB Issues Bulletin to Prevent Unlawful Medical Debt Collection and Credit Reporting
      Category: Press release CFPB Releases Report Detailing Consumer Complaint Response Deficiencies of the Big Three Credit Bureaus
      Category: Press release CFPB Finds Credit Report Disputes Far More Common in Majority Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods
      Category: Blog Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues 1st Alliance Lending, LLC and Its Principals for Alleged Unlawful Mortgage Lending Practices
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Santander Consumer USA Inc. for Credit Reporting Violations in Connection with Its Auto Loans
      Category: Office of Research Publication Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Payment Amount Furnishing & Consumer Reporting
      Category: Blog New report explores the prevalence of actual payment information in consumer credit reporting
      Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 22 (Summer 2020)
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with TD Bank for Illegal Overdraft Practices
      Category: Blog Alphabet soup: The ABCs of military consumer protection
      Category: Blog Innovation spotlight: Providing adverse action notices when using AI/ML models
      Category: Blog Consumer reporting and the CARES Act
      Category: Press release CFPB Issues Credit Reporting Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Short-Term Lender for Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices
      Category: Blog Know your data: Our updated list of reporting companies
      Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Consumer Reporting Special Edition, Issue No. 20 (Fall 2019)
      Category: Press release CFPB Announces Panels for CFPB-FTC Workshop on Accuracy in Consumer Reporting
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Employment Background Screening Company
      Category: Blog Applying for a job? It’s important to know what goes into your background screening reports
      Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 19 (Summer 2019)
      Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on Third-Party Debt Collections
      Category: Report Market Snapshot: Third-Party Debt Collections Tradeline Reporting
      Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Settles with State Farm Bank
      Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Updated FCRA Model Disclosures
      Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Consumer Reporting Special Edition
      Category: Blog Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) examination procedures


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