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What's on this page?
On this page, you can browse Consumer Action's own press releases as well as our custom digest of daily consumer news headlines from major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
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Press Releases
- CFP Board puts investors first in its new standards
- California eye doctors keeping patients in the dark
- Consumer groups support legislation to protect airline travelers
- New coalition advocates for access to online vision care
- Data insecurity and data protection
Headlines
- Amazon defined by billions—workers’ median pay is $28,446
- U.S. to fine Wells Fargo $1 billion
- SEC seeks to require brokers to put their clients first
- Payday lenders convening at Trump resort are met by protesters
- Tax refund? Don’t count on it if your student loans are in default
News Video
- Teach kids to be smart consumers
- Asians love digital banking, Americans not so much
- My husband got secret credit cards and maxxed them out
- Bay Area sudden spa closure triggered investigation (Chinese)
- The Equifax hack is way worse than consumers knew (Chinese)
Opinions & Editorials
- The ‘C’ in CRA should still mean something
- Don’t dismantle student loan regulations
- PBMs are pocketing patient money and increasing costs
- Trump appointee helps companies, not consumers
- Facebook is not the problem. Lax privacy rules are
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Spanish Headlines
- Toyota: Vehículos pronto se comunicarán entre sí
- Wells Fargo reconoce oferta de acuerdo por 1.000 millones
- Corte en Massachusetts falla contra Exxon Mobil
- Comcast sumará Netflix a sus paquetes de TV por cable en EEUU
- Juez de EEUU dice conductores de Uber no son empleados de la compañía
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Chinese Headlines
- 3 steps to protect your rights if your credit card was hacked (Chinese)
- Toyota recalled 5 models manufactured in recent years (Chinese)
- CFPB urged states to take more control on student loans and financial matters (Chinese)
- 10 big retailers leaked customer’s data in the past year, are you their customer? (Chinese)
- Facebook leaked 2 billion users data (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- La mujer que quiere humanizar a Uber
- 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
- 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)
- Bank failure and FDIC deposit insurance (Chinese)
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