Managing Money
Managing Money (www.managing-money.org) is a financial literacy clearinghouse featuring Consumer Action’s award-winning multilingual educational materials, headline news on personal finance topics and recommended publications created by other organizations and government agencies. The materials focus on financial services, sound financial planning and debt management, saving for emergencies and retirement and how to avoid frauds and scams.News
- May 17, 2012 Mortgage principal reductions weighed for Fannie, Freddie
- May 17, 2012 User’s guide to finding storage space in the cloud
- May 17, 2012 Millennials use alternative financial services
- May 17, 2012 Skechers to pay $40 million for unproven claims
- May 15, 2012 States use homeowner relief funds to plug budgets
CA News & Special Reports
Prepaid Card Survey (April 2012) Consumer Action took a look at the market for general purpose reloadable prepaid cards—an alternative to credit and debit cards—and collected our findings in a new survey that examines 28 cards from 11 issuers.
( Thursday, April 12, 2012 )
Recent Publications
Friday, May 18, 2012
Programa de seguro de auto de bajo costo de California. El Estado de California ha desarrollado este programa para ofrecer un seguro de automóvil accesible a buenos conductores con niveles de ingresos elegibles. Las pólizas son emitadas por compañías aseguradoras acreditadas en California. La ley estatal de California requiere que una póliza de seguro de automóvil de bajo costo de California cumple con las leyes de responsabilidad financiera.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
California's Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program. The State of California has developed this program to provide income eligible, good drivers with access to affordable automobile liability insurance. The policies are issued by California licensed insurance companies. California state law provides that a California Low Cost Automobile Insurance policy satisfies financial responsibility laws.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Prepaid Cards An alternative to credit and debit cards. Learn how reloadable prepaid cards are different from other forms of “plastic,” how to select the best prepaid card for your needs, how to reduce card costs and how to manage your card account wisely.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Questions and Answers about Choosing and Using Prepaid Cards. The prepaid cards training manual can help answer many questions about reloadable prepaid cards, on everything from loading and using a card to card policies and protections.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Tarjetas prepagadas Una alternativa a las tarjetas de crédito y de débito. Infórmese sobre las diferencias entre las tarjetas prepagadas recargables y las otras formas de pago con tarjeta, sobre cómo elegir la tarjeta prepagada que mejor cumpla sus requisitos, sobre cómo reducir los costos de las tarjetas y sobre cómo administrar de manera eficaz su cuenta de tarjeta prepagada.
Recommended Publications
Monday, December 19, 2011
Working Cars for Working Families. Working Cars for Working Families is a project of the National Consumer Law Center to help people get good used cars.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Chronology of Data Breaches. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking breaches since 2005 and publishes a Chronology of Data Breaches.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Protect Your Child from ID theft. The California Office of Privacy Protection (COPP) has released a fact sheet for consumers on how to check their child's credit records and other ways to protect them from identity theft.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
5 Tips for Shopping for a Mortgage. The Federal Reserve Board recommended 5 tips for shopping for a mortgage for consumers.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Consumer Credit Cards Study Guide. Understanding how credit cards work before heading off to college will help students avoid credit pitfalls. This study guide from the Family and Consumer Sciences of AgriLIFE Extension, contains the essential information everyone needs to know about credit cards.
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