Join us for the Academic Research Council’s annual meeting on Thursday, May 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. During this meeting, we’ll discuss trends in consumer finance research, the activities of consumer financial protection agencies in other countries, and recent publications produced by CFPB’s Office of Research. Director Cordray will also provide remarks. [...]
Join us for the CFPB Research Conference on May 7-8, 2015. The conference will be focused on high-quality consumer finance research, with academic and government researchers presenting their research papers. The conference will be held at: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing 300 14th Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20228 This event is open to [...]
Next Spring, we’ll host our first research conference on consumer finance in Washington, D.C. on May 7-8, 2015. Be sure to mark your calendars and respond to our call for papers by January 16, 2015. We hope to see you there! Chris Carroll is Assistant Director of the Office of Research at the Consumer Financial [...]
Today, we’re announcing a research pilot aimed at assessing the potential impact of early intervention credit counseling. We know that defaulting on credit card debt is a very stressful event for anyone and impacts consumers’ ability to access credit in the future. We’d like to use this opportunity to explore what ways may help consumers [...]
Back in January, we invited applications to fill two vacancies on our Academic Research Council (ARC). The ARC was created to make sure that we hear from a variety of experts with diverse viewpoints, knowledge, and expertise. We’re pleased to announce the two new members appointed to our ARC are Raphael Bostic from the University [...]
