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Reporters may call Consumer Action in Washington, DC, at 202-544-3088 or 301-718-2511, and in San Francisco at 415-777-9648. Our press spokespersons include .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in DC; and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (English/Spanish) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About Consumer Action
Consumer Action has been a champion of underrepresented consumers nationwide since 1971. A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Consumer Action focuses on financial education that empowers consumers to financially prosper. We are a top rated nonprofit at Great NonProfits.org and a Platinum seal holder on Guidestar.org.
Our diverse staff provides expert commentary on key consumer issues and current marketplace issues affecting low- to moderate-income and limited-English-speaking consumers. We may be able to offer you access to individuals who have contacted our hotline and given us permission to share their names and narratives.
What’s on this page?
On this page, you can browse Consumer Action’s own press releases as well as a curated digest of daily consumer news selected by our staff from the headlines of major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
Press Releases
- All about liability insurance
- Consumer Action’s ‘Share Financial Data with Care’ project to educate FinTech app users to be ‘security savvy’
- Credit report errors have gotten worse during Covid
- Consumer Action offers mini-grants to help AZ agencies to improve financial health
- New debt collection rule is a mixed bag for consumer rights
Headlines
- The government wants to pay your Internet bill for a few months
- Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next
- Ban lifted on pandemic relief grants to college students
- The window to reverse “rent-a-bank” schemes is closing
- Reopening plans and mask mandates for all 50 states
News Video
- We’ve reached a global tipping point for reining in tech
- Exploring Facebook love scams
- Airline mechanics feel pressured to overlook potential safety problems
- Teach kids to be smart consumers
- Asians love digital banking, Americans not so much
Opinions & Editorials
- The weight-loss industry is coming for you post-lockdown
- Can Biden’s agenda fix Middle America’s deepest problem?
- A new deal, this time for women too
- No 13-year old needs credit, despite what Apple thinks
- Resume the J&J vaccine, but with warnings for younger women
( View More Opinions & Editorials )
Spanish Headlines
- Indocumentados dejan sin reclamar cientos de miles de dólares en California
- BM: Aumentan las remesas hacia Latinoamérica pese a pandemia
- EEUU dará descuentos de 50 dólares en servicio de internet
- Pandilla en EEUU hackea a policía y amenaza con publicar datos
- Construcción de viviendas con impresoras 3D es una realidad
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Chinese Headlines
- COVID-19 Pandemic ID Theft & Account Fraud (Chinese)
- Illegal foreign currency exchange (Chinese)
- COVID-19 Pandemic & ID Theft/Account Fraud (Chinese)
- People who withdraw money from ATMs in remote places must observe whether it is safe (Chinese)
- Internet and Social Media Scams Prevention (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- How to get help with your mortgage during COVID-19 (Spanish)
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Spanish)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Spanish)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Spanish)
- California Lifeline Program Helps Keep People Connected (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- How to get help with your mortgage during COVID-19 (Chinese)
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Chinese)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Chinese)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Chinese)
- Wireless fraud uncovered in Asian community (Chinese)
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Vietnamese Press Release
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