Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Nov 19, 2024 What the election could mean for student loan borrowers
- Oct 29, 2024 Want to stop robocalls?
- Oct 29, 2024 Celebrating 50 years of Equal Credit Opportunity
- Oct 29, 2024 New rules for airlines to help you get speedy refunds
- Oct 07, 2024 Here’s what you need to know with popular payment apps
- Sep 19, 2024 F.T.C. finds Meta, YouTube, TikTok collect more data than most users realize
- Sep 17, 2024 Instagram’s new ‘teen accounts’
- Sep 09, 2024 Are we moving toward a cashless, checkless society?
- Aug 29, 2024 The uncertain future of student loan repayment explained
- Aug 05, 2024 Think twice before buying a car-repair contract
- Jul 25, 2024 Your flight is stuck on the tarmac. What do airlines owe you?
- Jun 13, 2024 New airline passenger rights explained
- Jun 12, 2024 CFPB plans to remove medical debt from credit reports
- May 30, 2024 There’s a little-known program to cancel private student debt
- May 23, 2024 Justice Department sues to break up Live Nation, Ticketmaster
- May 22, 2024 Consumers with Buy-Now Pay-Later disputes are to get protection
- May 16, 2024 Supreme Court rejects challenge to consumer watchdog’s funding
- May 03, 2024 Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic airline refunds
- May 02, 2024 Apple, Google & Venmo fight new plan to monitor payment apps
- Apr 24, 2024 New airline rules: Automatic refunds and no more hidden fees
- Apr 10, 2024 Lawmakers unveil plan to expand online privacy protections
- Apr 01, 2024 AT&T data breach affects 73M current, former customers
- Mar 13, 2024 In hospitals, affordable housing gets the long-term investor it needs
- Mar 11, 2024 Drug companies push to block law that would cut prescription prices
- Mar 06, 2024 How a healthcare cyberattack may affect your prescription drug access
- Mar 05, 2024 U.S. caps credit card late fees
- Mar 04, 2024 Your tax return is secret. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy
- Feb 28, 2024 Do not trust the Google airline customer service numbers
- Feb 21, 2024 The way big banks shut down customer accounts is callous. Let’s fix it.
- Feb 21, 2024 Here’s why you should check your credit report
- Feb 21, 2024 Biden administration cancels $1.2B in student loans
- Feb 12, 2024 Nonprofit steps in to provide mortgages where others won’t
- Feb 12, 2024 Pros and cons of second-chance checking accounts
- Feb 08, 2024 Hard to reverse peer-to-peer payment scams on Venmo, PayPal, Zelle
- Jan 30, 2024 N.Y. AG sues Citi for failing to protect fraud victims
- Jan 30, 2024 How to file your taxes for free
- Jan 18, 2024 Why big banks—and odd allies—oppose a plan to protect banks
- Jan 10, 2024 FTC bans firm from selling phone location data
- Jan 09, 2024 Rent reporting is affecting tenants’ credit scores
- Jan 09, 2024 The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students
- Jan 09, 2024 Millions to lose affordable internet unless Congress extends subsidies
- Jan 04, 2024 Some older Americans feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans
- Jan 03, 2024 What to do after you’ve been scammed
- Dec 22, 2023 F.T.C. proposes new online privacy safeguards for children
- Dec 20, 2023 Americans may be taking on too much pay-later ‘phantom debt’
- Dec 18, 2023 Southwest fined for last Christmas meltdown
- Dec 07, 2023 White House targets drug patents to lower prices
- Nov 13, 2023 Zelle customers to get refunds for money lost to impostor scams
- Nov 11, 2023 How $127 billion in student loans still got canceled
- Nov 02, 2023 How real estate commissions work and why they might get lower
- Oct 30, 2023 Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes
- Oct 25, 2023 41 states sue Meta claiming Facebook is addictive for kids
- Oct 23, 2023 F.C.C. moves toward restoring net neutrality rules
- Oct 13, 2023 Deciphering ABCs of Medicare open enrollment
- Oct 10, 2023 Stop & Shop pilots coupon kiosks for non-digital customers
- Oct 03, 2023 Overwhelmed trying to protect your privacy? Try this new app
- Sep 28, 2023 FCC’s net neutrality battle is back
- Sep 26, 2023 F.T.C., 17 states sue Amazon alleging monopolistic practices
- Sep 21, 2023 Federal government to provide free coronavirus tests again
- Sep 18, 2023 Airlines are hiding the cost of air travel
- Sep 18, 2023 When Wall Street buys most of the homes on your block
- Sep 14, 2023 Credit score facts vs. myths
- Sep 13, 2023 Amazon launches plan to help ‘underserved’ D.C. families buy homes
- Sep 12, 2023 Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks
- Sep 07, 2023 If you’ve got a new car, it’s a data privacy nightmare
- Sep 03, 2023 Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
- Aug 31, 2023 Why the SAVE student loan income-driven plan is a game changer
- Aug 29, 2023 Here are the first 10 drugs Medicare will target for price cuts
- Jul 19, 2023 How to tell if a gadget is secure? Look for a new government seal
- Jul 14, 2023 How Philadelphia kept tenants from being evicted
- Jul 14, 2023 Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness
- Jul 12, 2023 Bank of America fined for ‘junk Fees’ and fake accounts
- Jun 29, 2023 Tips to avoid credit card late fees
- Jun 26, 2023 Returning to student loan repayment
- Jun 21, 2023 F.T.C. sues Amazon for tricking users into subscribing to Prime
- Jun 13, 2023 The risks of storing money in apps like Venmo, Cash App
- May 25, 2023 Here is what airlines must do if your flight is canceled or delayed
- May 08, 2023 Biden proposes airlines cover expenses for canceled flights
- May 04, 2023 What the end of the Covid health emergency means for you
- May 01, 2023 To become an Amazon Clinic patient, you sign away some privacy
- Apr 12, 2023 Banks are closing customer accounts, with little explanation
- Apr 04, 2023 A federal tool could soon make it easier to compare credit cards
- Mar 27, 2023 Consumer advocates seek to protect money transfer victims of fraud
- Mar 25, 2023 How Cigna saves millions when its doctors reject claims without reading them
- Mar 15, 2023 Here’s what deposit insurance covers
- Mar 13, 2023 Insurers slashed Hurricane Ian payouts insiders reveal
- Feb 28, 2023 Supreme Court hears challenges to student loan forgiveness
- Feb 21, 2023 Why the South has such low credit scores
- Feb 21, 2023 FTC charges GoodRx with illegally disclosing customer health information
- Feb 07, 2023 Americans flunked this online privacy test
- Feb 06, 2023 Even after you bought a car, dealerships can ‘yo-yo’ you and take it back
- Jan 26, 2023 White House unveils Renters Bill of Rights
- Jan 23, 2023 NJ bill would require digital-only coupon alternative
- Jan 10, 2023 Biden’s new student loan repayment plan
- Jan 05, 2023 A breach at LastPass has password lessons for us all
- Dec 29, 2022 Big e-vehicle tax credit possible early next year
- Dec 29, 2022 What to know about Southwest flight refunds and lost luggage
- Dec 22, 2022 Here’s how Congress wants to overhaul retirement plans
- Dec 20, 2022 Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 Billion over consumer banking violations
- Dec 19, 2022 Epic games to pay $520 million over children’s privacy and trickery charges
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