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Consumer Action joins national anti-fraud initiatives

Anyone who reads our monthly SCAM GRAM newsletter knows how committed Consumer Action is to educating consumers about how to recognize and avoid fraud and scams. As part of that continuous effort, we recently joined three fraud prevention groups. Read more.

Happy 13th birthday, CFPB!

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turned 13 last month, and Consumer Action was there to celebrate the momentous occasion and personally wish the Bureau many more years of protecting America’s consumers. Read more.

Coalition Efforts

Consumer Action often joins its allies in letters, comments and complaints calling for change, standing up for consumer rights, supporting or opposing proposed laws, pressing for enforcement, and objecting to corporate misbehavior, among other activities. We collect these in the Coalition Efforts section of our website. Each month in the INSIDER, we highlight some recent activities. Read more.

CFPB Watch

In this regular feature, we detail recent actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This month, we report on the Bureau’s latest plans to help homeowners—including those who speak limited English—avoid foreclosure, and the agency’s orders to make misled borrowers whole. Read more.

Class Action Database: Settlement benefits Direct Express cardholders

Consumer Action maintains a database of class actions so that interested consumers can learn more, join a pending action or make a claim. Class action lawsuits are an important element of consumer protection and can force changes to anti-consumer business practices and make bad actors return ill-gotten gains to consumers. Read more.

About Consumer Action

Consumer Action has been a champion of underrepresented consumers nationwide since 1971. A nonprofit organization, Consumer Action focuses on consumer education that empowers low- and moderate-income and limited-English-speaking consumers to financially prosper. It also advocates for consumers in the media and before lawmakers to advance consumer rights and promote industry-wide change.  

By providing consumer education materials in multiple languages, webinars covering a wide range of consumer topics, and a comprehensive website, Consumer Action helps consumers assert their rights in the marketplace and make financially savvy choices. More than 6,500 community and grassroots organizations benefit annually from its extensive outreach programs, training materials and support. Read more.

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