Alerts Archive

Consumer Alerts

• Jul 26, 2019  How to claim your portion of the $700M Equifax settlement
  In September 2017, Equifax, one of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies, announced that a major data breach had
• Jul 01, 2019  Stop debt collectors from harassing consumers! Act now!
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a new rule governing debt collectors. The proposed rule does more to
• Jun 20, 2019  Suffered a data breach? Tools to fight identity fraud
  Recent reports of a data breach exposing the patient records of 12 million Quest Diagnostics customers reminds us that our personal
• Jun 11, 2019  Credit cardholders should opt out of Chase’s return to forced arbitration
  Chase recently notified 47 million accountholders that the bank is reinstating a forced arbitration clause in its cardholder agreements. Forced arbitration
• Apr 01, 2019  New protections for prepaid accounts
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued new standards to protect prepaid card customers that go into effect today.
• Feb 25, 2019  America Saves and Military Saves Week 2019
  America Saves and Military Saves Week 2019 is here! Started in 2007, America Saves and Military Saves Week is a national
• Feb 21, 2019  Tell the CFPB: Don’t throw us to the (loan) sharks!
  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leadership, under the pro-business administration, has announced plans to gut a long-awaited, commonsense rule mandating
• Jan 24, 2019  Jan. 25 is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day
  Spanish | For 2019, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day is being observed on Jan. 25. Created in 1975, the EITC is widely
• Jan 24, 2019  Infórmese sobre el crédito tributario EITC este 25 de enero
  English | El día 25 de enero se dedica a concientizar al público acerca del crédito
• Dec 12, 2018  Report shows students pay more for college-sponsored accounts
  Wells Fargo charges students the most in fees, on average, to have a bank account, according to a government report.
• Oct 22, 2018  New report: Hardest hit consumers are underreporting fraud problems
  The Federal Trade Commission receives fraud and identity theft complaints from millions of consumers each year, yet African American and
• Oct 16, 2018   A major victory for cheated students on borrower defense regulations
  Consumer Action strongly supports today’s federal court ruling, which clears the way for the Borrower Defense Rule to
• Sep 21, 2018  NEW: You can freeze your credit reports for free now
  As of Sept. 21, consumers nationwide can freeze their credit file and place one-year fraud alerts for free. Under a
• Aug 27, 2018  Renewing your eyewear prescription online
  Advances in telehealth technology now allow individuals to have their eyes examined online for the purpose of renewing eyeglass and
• Aug 22, 2018  DeVos’s latest regulation rollback writes a blank check to scam schools—courtesy of U.S. taxpayers
  The Department of Education has moved to repeal the gainful employment rule, which seeks to ensure that students who graduate

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