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2021

October

• Oct 11, 2021  Your driver’s license could soon live on your phone
• Oct 07, 2021  How to tell real products from scams when shopping online
• Oct 04, 2021  Senate confirms Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

September

• Sep 29, 2021  Freddie Mac finds ‘pervasive’ bias in home appraisal industry
• Sep 27, 2021  Facebook delays Instagram app for users under 13
• Sep 27, 2021  Companies are hoarding your personal data. How to get them to delete it
• Sep 22, 2021  Financial pain points for older consumers
• Sep 21, 2021  Insurers restore deductibles, co-pays leaving patients with big bills
• Sep 13, 2021  Equifax will now offer credit reports in Spanish
• Sep 13, 2021  How you pay the rent may help your mortgage application
• Sep 09, 2021  CFPB wants to hear hear from small business owners about access to credit
• Sep 09, 2021  HHS releases plan to lower drug prices
• Sep 09, 2021  California aims to ban signage on non-recyclable ‘recyclables’
• Sep 06, 2021  The state of consumer data privacy laws
• Sep 02, 2021  New York extends eviction moratorium to January

August

• Aug 31, 2021  How to keep your phone charged and useful in a natural disaster
• Aug 30, 2021  How to block Facebook from snooping on you
• Aug 30, 2021  The financial price for choosing not to get vaccinated
• Aug 26, 2021  Fraud alert: Malicious QR codes
• Aug 26, 2021  About 89% of rental assistance funds have not been distributed
• Aug 25, 2021  What’s preventing Americans from getting the Emergency Broadband Benefit
• Aug 24, 2021  Privacy of streaming apps and devices: Watching TV that watches us
• Aug 24, 2021  How to choose and care for your kid’s masks
• Aug 23, 2021  Seeking early signals of dementia in driving and credit scores
• Aug 19, 2021  T-Mobile hack exposed personal data of 40 million people
• Aug 19, 2021  CFPB keeps pressure on mortgage companies to help homeowners
• Aug 19, 2021  US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
• Aug 17, 2021  How to prepare for student loan payments after pause
• Aug 17, 2021  Is there racism in the deed to your home?
• Aug 08, 2021  The stigma of a scarlet E
• Aug 08, 2021  QR codes are here to stay. So is the tracking they allow.
• Aug 07, 2021  Pause on federal student loan payments extended through January
• Aug 05, 2021  What to do about canceled flights this summer
• Aug 03, 2021  Biden administration moves to block evictions in most of U.S.
• Aug 03, 2021  CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3
• Aug 03, 2021  After the eviction moratorium, here’s what renters need to know
• Aug 02, 2021  A tsunami of deferred debt is about to hit homeowners
• Aug 01, 2021  Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections

July

• Jul 30, 2021  Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban
• Jul 29, 2021  Families paying off rent, food, debts with child tax credit
• Jul 29, 2021  A Pasadena startup got billions selling COVID tests. Then came questions
• Jul 28, 2021  Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers
• Jul 28, 2021  AP-NORC poll: Inequity in community support for older adults
• Jul 25, 2021  Health Care For Older Immigrants Sees Momentum Among States
• Jul 23, 2021  A priest’s phone location data outed his private life. It could happen to you
• Jul 19, 2021  iPhone security no match for NSO spyware
• Jul 16, 2021  Zelle & Venmo money transfer apps generate thousands of complaints
• Jul 14, 2021  How scam victims can file a claim for a MoneyGram refund
• Jul 14, 2021  Child tax credit payments arrive this week. Here’s what you need to know
• Jul 14, 2021  5 tricks to lower your Internet bill
• Jul 14, 2021  Survey finds price increases would drive away Post Office customers
• Jul 12, 2021  Help for the elderly who aren’t tech-savvy
• Jul 08, 2021  36 states sue Google over how it manages its Play Store
• Jul 07, 2021  New rule targets fraudulent ‘Made in USA’ claims
• Jul 06, 2021  Family blames Tesla’s Autopilot feature for 15-year-old’s death in California lawsuit
• Jul 02, 2021  Congress considers credit-reporting overhaul
• Jul 02, 2021  Child tax credit payments start arriving in a few weeks
• Jul 01, 2021  Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy

June

• Jun 29, 2021  CFPB approves new foreclosure protections, but not blanket ban
• Jun 28, 2021   A woman’s guide to making the most of Social Security
• Jun 28, 2021  She wanted to stay. Her landlord wanted her out
• Jun 24, 2021  CDC extends eviction moratorium through July
• Jun 23, 2021  International coalition joins the call to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
• Jun 23, 2021  CFPB to adopt mortgage moratorium rule with some exclusions
• Jun 22, 2021  How Big Tech created a data ‘treasure trove’ for police
• Jun 22, 2021  Banks slowly offer alternatives to overdraft fees
• Jun 22, 2021  Mobile home owners fear evictions as pandemic protections end
• Jun 21, 2021  House to take big step on eliminating Trump-era rules
• Jun 21, 2021  Outcry forces UnitedHealthcare to delay plans to deny some ER coverage
• Jun 20, 2021  Consumer Confidential: Don’t just accept a cut to your credit limit. You can fight back
• Jun 17, 2021  ‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
• Jun 17, 2021  Biden administration will cancel $500 million in student loan debt
• Jun 16, 2021  When no landlord will rent to you, where do you go?
• Jun 15, 2021  Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer
• Jun 15, 2021   Some hospitals kept suing patients through the pandemic
• Jun 14, 2021  A detailed guide to how cryptocurrency works
• Jun 11, 2021  Public colleges, universities under fire for promoting controversial ed loans
• Jun 10, 2021  More than a third of consumers found errors in their credit reports
• Jun 10, 2021  ProPublica obtains trove of files that show how little the wealthy pay in taxes
• Jun 07, 2021  Competitive home buyers waive contingencies to score homes
• Jun 04, 2021  Fake patient reviews make it hard to seek medical help online
• Jun 02, 2021  Tenants scored a victory in the D.C. Court of Appeals
• Jun 01, 2021  Progressive groups push for new rule to break up big banks

May

• May 27, 2021  Bank CEOs tell Congress they’ll work to avoid foreclosures
• May 26, 2021  Bank CEOs outline pandemic support; senators split on issues
• May 25, 2021  D.C. attorney general brings antitrust suit against Amazon
• May 25, 2021  Fight looms over down payment aid to close racial wealth gap
• May 25, 2021  Flood of federal rental aid slow to reach those who need it most
• May 24, 2021  Millions of consumers paid down credit card balances during the pandemic
• May 21, 2021  California says $5 million Ponzi scam bilked older Filipinos
• May 20, 2021  Senators introduce bipartisan deal to overhaul US Postal Service
• May 19, 2021  Reversing Trump, Buttigieg reinstates local hiring program
• May 19, 2021  A college closed, upending one veteran’s life
• May 18, 2021  Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
• May 18, 2021  Rural areas need broadband to get workers
• May 17, 2021  One of America’s largest hospital chains has been suing thousands of patients during the pandemic
• May 17, 2021  Verizon is using a government discount to force you onto a new data plan
• May 13, 2021  The government wants to pay your Internet bill for a few months
• May 12, 2021  Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next
• May 11, 2021  Ban lifted on pandemic relief grants to college students

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