The facts
- Who files
- Any card issuer that issues credit cards under an open-end (not home-secured) consumer credit plan, unless it qualifies for the de minimis (fewer than 10,000 open accounts), private label, or product-testing exception. Source
- How often
- Quarterly: a new, amended or withdrawn agreement must be submitted by the first business day on or after 31 January, 30 April, 31 July or 31 October each year. Source
- Deadline
- The first business day on or after 31 January, 30 April, 31 July and 31 October each year (12 CFR 1026.58(c)(1)). Source
- Format
- Web form. Submitted through Collect, the Bureau's online filing system. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the CFPB: HMDA Platform; Collect; Small Business Lending Data Filing Platform (beta). See how firms file with the CFPB.
- Status
- In force
- Group
- Credit card data
Templates (0)
The library lists no templates for this return.
The full agreement text and pricing information as of the last business day of the preceding quarter; no separate schedules. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No standalone, published catalogue of edit checks was found on the pages read. Source
Public data
Published firm by firm. The Bureau maintains a public, searchable database of agreements from more than 600 card issuers. Source
- Credit card and prepaid account agreement databases
Firm by firm · Web search
Searchable databases of the agreements submitted by card issuers and prepaid account issuers. Source
Official documents (2)
The CFPB's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Credit Card Agreement Submission
Guidance · HTML · 141.5 KB
States that issuers use Collect to submit agreements and that the Bureau's database now holds agreements from more than 600 card issuers.
- 12 CFR Part 1026, Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) (2025 annual edition)
Legal text · PDF · 90.4 MB · 1 January 2025
Section 1026.58 (quarterly credit card agreement submission) and § 1026.57(d) (annual college credit card agreement report) are the provisions relied on here.
SHA-256
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Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- consumerfinance.gov/data-research/credit-card-data/credit-card-agreement-submission/
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2025-title12-vol9/pdf/CFR-2025-title12-vol9-part1026.pdf
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Last checked 13 November 2026.
