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Yesterday, Director Cordray kicked off our field hearing on payday lending in Birmingham, Ala., by explaining why he was there and what the Bureau wants to learn from consumers about payday loans. (more…)

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. (more…)

Today, our Office of Servicemember Affairs is hosting a Financial Fitness Forum in Washington, DC. We’ve streamed the morning’s events, including introductory remarks from Holly Petraeus and Raj Date, a panel on servicemembers’ financial readiness, and a keynote address from Robert Gordon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy.

Watch an archived version of this morning’s panel here. (more…)

On December 7th, Raj Date announced the Bureau’s initiative to develop a shorter, simpler credit card agreement that spells out the terms for the consumer. A recording of that announcement is posted below. You can also read Raj’s full remarks. (more…)

Today’s live events have now ended. You can read Raj’s full remarks from the University of Minnesota.

Be sure to check out the new Know Before You Owe – student loans initiative. We’re helping the Department of Education to develop a new model financial aid offer. Tell us what you think of the project.

You can watch an archived version of this morning’s speech below:

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Yesterday, Raj Date spoke in Philadelphia about the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis for the consumer bureau. Before taking questions from the audience, Mr. Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, outlined three basic themes for our work. (more…)