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“I find the information shared by Consumer Action highly relevant to the consumers we serve, and the experts they engage for presentations have excellent knowledge to share in a very professional manner. We are grateful for the work Consumer Action does.”

--"Navigating the Complex Student Loan Landscape" webinar participant Marcy Hills, Presbyterian Villages of Michigan (visit our website to learn about upcoming trainings and webinars)

Recent webinar elucidates evolving student loan repayment options

Our latest webinar provided information and tips for navigating the complex and changing federal student loan repayment landscape. Subject matter experts shed light on recent legal actions, explained borrowers’ options, and offered next steps. Read more.

Join us at upcoming San Francisco PG&E bill clinic and workshop

Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) customers are invited to a San Francisco event to learn about energy assistance programs and get answers to their bill questions. We hope to see you there! 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

Gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has become a favorite pastime for the current administration and some in Congress. Slashing staff and diverting focus away from Big Tech, corporate lawsuits, and oversight of any firm that is not a big bank is the new troubling game plan for a skeletal CFPB. Read more.

Class Action Database: Settlement for consumers wronged in Rite Aid data breach

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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