Fraud/Scam

• Advocates support bill to increase protections for bank account and payment app users
• FCC should prioritize protecting consumers from widescale nuisance and fraud facilitated through unwanted and illegal text messages
• FTC and DOJ must rein in fraudulent review brokers to protect consumers and honest businesses
• Telemarketing Sales Rule should be strengthened even further to protect consumers from misconduct
• Advocates urge Congress to pass online kids’ safety reform
• Protect retirees and savers from conflicted investment advice
• The system is broken: It’s time for income-driven repayment reform
• Ensure that banks equitably and justly invest in our communities
• The CFPB must protect consumers from fraud in payment systems
• Advocates ask the CFPB to bring back public consumer complaint narratives
• Boosting the FTC’s oversight ability through the Build Back Better Act
• The FTC must act now against data abuses and discrimination
• CFPB urged to reverse earned wage actions that could create dangerous FinTech payday loopholes
• The FCC should protect Americans from sneaky voicemails from telemarketers and debt collectors
• Protecting democracy from a lawless president
• Requiring SSN collection by peer-to-peer payment services puts consumers at risk
• A call for President Biden to end Big Pharma monopolies
• It’s time for the Department of Education to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in higher education
• Comprehensive privacy protections needed at home before transatlantic deal is passed
• Protect retirement savers from risky private equity investments
• Support closing the 90/10 loophole to protect students during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Over 100 groups call on Federal Reserve to Strengthen CRA
• The new California privacy agency should prioritize consumers’ privacy
• Advocates urge the Biden administration to reject Big Tech appointments to his cabinet
• Studies show systemic racism in insurance industry
• Allies urge CFPB Director not to weaken its enforcement arm
• ED must stop funding fraudulent and predatory for-profit colleges
• The Department of Transportation fails to address consumers’ pandemic concerns
• You private genetic testing information can be sold without warning—that needs to change
• State-based “bills of rights” needed to protect student loan borrowers
• The next COVID-19 relief package should include these critical consumer protections
• Online marketplaces should do more to protect customers from harmful products
• Advocates call foul as CFPB hides consumer complaint narratives from public view
• More than 100 non-profit groups support bill that would require corporations to disclose important data to address potential profit shifting
• FDIC plans to preempt state lending protections is met with ire from advocates
• Protect consumers from price gouging during a state of emergency
• Federal deregulation attempts increase barriers to affordable housing
• The FCC prepares to regulate providers’ efforts to curb annoying robocalls
• Congress steps in to overturn DeVos borrower defense rule
• The sale of .org a big concern for non-profit organizations
• Advocates applaud the Fed’s faster payments system, but urge fraud protection
• A new bill aimed at helping students lacks robust borrower protections
• New proposed rule empowers debt collects and their attorneys
• The never-ending scourge of unwanted calls continues to plague Americans
• Equifax data breach demonstrates the need for stronger cybersecurity regulation
• It’s time for swift action on robocalls
• New Jersey steps up to protect investors from predatory products and advice
• Stop the onslaught of annoying robocalls
• Flawed HUD report lets Bank of America off the hook for possible lending violations
• Is Mercedes-Benz cheating us out of clean air?
• It’s time for Wall Street traders to pay their fair share
• Consumers need stronger credit reporting protections
• Protect consumers, not pyramid-scheme businesses
• National comparison data for colleges erased
• A major victory for cheated students on borrower defense regulations
• Consumer advocates oppose loosening rules for FinTech providers
• The FCC can do more to stop annoying, and illegal, robocalls
• ED’s latest regulatory rollback favors scam schools over students and taxpayers
• Senate should reject Kraninger for CFPB Director
• “License to Kill” bills in New Jersey are as terrifying for consumers as they sound
• The CFPB’s consumer education programs must be protected
• Keep for-profit school dollars out of the VA
• PROSPER Act puts for-profit schools’ interests ahead of students and taxpayers
• Consumer advocates keep the heat on multi-level marketing
• Consumers deserve more control over their credit reports
• Advocates call on Congress do more for victims of Equifax breach
• Fiduciary rule should extend to non-retirement accounts too
• Caller ID authentication provides protection against illegal and unwanted calls
• Consumer groups call on House to oppose pyramid scheme promotion amendment
• Once again, Trump favors for-profit college industry over defrauded students
• The CFPB champions consumers over Wall Street once again!
• The Dept. of Education needs to step in to prevent another for-profit scandal
• Advocates call on states to fill void left by Dept. of Education
• A push for regulatory leadership that is unimpeachably independent
• The CFPB: A champion for student loan borrowers too
• Hands off the CFPB!
• More can be done to protect immigrant victims of Wells Fargo’s fraud
• Desperate students need protection from debt “relief” scams
• A checklist for organizations dealing with data breaches
• Consumers have a right to their day in court
• Help for defrauded students and taxpayers
• The FBI is watching you, but who is watching the FBI?
• Demand real consumer protection from pyramid schemes
• For-Profit colleges seek reprieve on regulation intended to protect students
• P&G asked to provide chemical disclosures on all personal care products
• ACICS fails to enforce education standards; wastes $3.5 billion in federal aid
• It’s time to protect travelers from airlines’ soaring fees
• What is the Department of Education waiting for?
• Dept. of Education should protect students–not the schools that bully them
• FTC Holder Rule strengthens consumer rights
• Building a resolution-focused complaint database students need
• In favor of stronger banking fraud protections for consumers
• “V.W. Bailout” bill is bad business for consumers
• Best practices for identity theft services
• Payment processors can play a key role in mitigating fraud
• Protect victims of Experian breach
• Defenseless whistleblowers forced to risk it all
• ED can do more to prevent widespread fraud
• Lawmakers siding with predatory payday lenders over troops
• Operation Choke Point protects consumers from fraud