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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 low to moderate income and limited-English-speaking consumers to financially prosper.
Our diverse staff provides expert commentary on key consumer issues supported by solid data. We offer access to victim testimony, as well as expertise on current financial issues affecting low to moderate income and limited-English-speaking consumers.
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
- 1,440 (and counting) sign Consumer Action’s “Save Wireless Lifeline” petition
- Thumbs down on changes to ‘fee harvester’ card rule
- Key privacy groups release statement of support for Do-Not-Track
- New survey shows consumers benefit from CARD Act
- Consumer groups call on President and Congress to pursue strong consumer agenda
Headlines
- Who will pay more under Obamacare? Young men
- Credit card limits and saving while you’re young
- Credit-rating agencies poised to avoid overhaul
- Health insurance tax ‘scares the daylights’ out of small-business
- Requiring employers to provide retirement income estimates
News Video
- How to survive a tax audit
- Control your home with your smartphone
- How many holiday gifts made in USA?
- CVS Caremark prescription refills under scrutiny, source says
- Should you use an IRA to pay off debt?
Opinions & Editorials
- Student debt and the crushing of the American dream
- Banks still behaving badly
- Bleeding the borrower dry
- Curtail the government’s power to snoop
- The foreclosure fiasco
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Spanish Headlines
- Los avisos móviles ahora pueden seguirlo a casa
- Compras por internet: usuario tendría que pagar impuestos
- Remesas enviadas a México van a la baja
- Los jubilados también pueden crear empresas
- Para muchos, Facebook ya no es tan divertido
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Chinese Headlines
- Consumer Action celebrated 41 years anniversary in DC (Chinese)
- Consumer Action held Lifeline presentation in SF Chinatown (Chinese)
- Consumer Action 41st Annual Awards Ceremony (Chinese)
- Consumer Action held a Mobile Banking Roundtable in Philadelphia (Chinese)
- Consumer Action Mobile Banking Community Training Event (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- Real help for unemployed homeowners (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)
- Keep an eye on five emerging cell phone issues (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- Real help for unemployed homeowners (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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