Published On: January 1, 2021
CFPB Settles with Discover Bank, the Student Loan Corporation and Discover Products for violating a consent order and other unlawful practices December 22, 2020 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a [...]
Published On: December 9, 2020
Have you received a demand that you pay a debt you don’t owe, or already paid? Reprint of an article from the Federal Tradc Commission “FTC.gov”, September 29, 2020 Nobody [...]
Published On: November 2, 2020
Debt collectors doubled their earnings - all thanks to COVID-19 10/5/20 According to an article in ProPublica, debt collections have made a fortune this year due to the COVID stimulus monies. Those who really [...]
Published On: October 22, 2020
FDIC Consumer News: Beware, It’s a Scam! Avoid phishing, smishing, vishing, and other scams FDIC Consumer News - October 2020 Criminals are constantly trying to steal consumers’ personal data using fake emails, websites, phone [...]
Published On: July 13, 2020
CREDIT BUILDER LOAN COULD HELP CONSUMERS BUILD OR REBUILD THEIR CREDIT (reprint from CFPB) July 13, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) released a report indicating that a credit [...]
Published On: July 7, 2020
Congress created the CFPB after the 2008 financial crash to protect consumers from what were seen as predatory and deceptive practices by financial institutions. UPDATE: May 16, 2024 – Consumer [...]
Published On: July 5, 2020
Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren’t Forgiven Lawsuit against Department of Education—loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers is in such a shambles that it violates federal law and [...]
Published On: June 28, 2020
The IRS Won’t Call You About Your Stimulus Money IF YOU GET A CALL FROM SOMEONE SAYING THEY ARE FROM THE IRS – STOP!!!! IT IS A SCAM!!!! [...]
Published On: June 28, 2020
ALERT FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS NEEDING PPP LOANS Law suit against Ponte Investments, LLC, promoted their “SBA Loan Program” and website “SBAloanprogram.com […]
Published On: May 23, 2020
Lead Express, Harvest Moon Financial and others repeated drew interest-only charges, leaving consumers to pay more than promised May 22, 2020 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged Lead Express, Harvest Moon Financial, Gentle [...]
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