Alerts Archive

Consumer Alerts

• Jan 26, 2018  EITC Awareness Day: Tax credit for low- and moderate-income workers
  Today is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day. Created in 1975, the EITC is a tax credit designed to put
• Dec 20, 2017  Defrauded student loan borrowers may end up with little debt relief
  Partial debt relief was the plan unveiled today by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, leaving defrauded student
• Oct 09, 2017  Payday rule helps protect consumers from debt traps
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced a groundbreaking rule that reins in short-term loans, which require consumers
• Oct 05, 2017  Shopping guide helps you choose the right bulb
  Confused by some of the new lightbulb products? A new guide is available to help narrow your choices. The California
• Sep 26, 2017  Steps to protect your personal data after the Equifax data breach
  While we still don’t know the full ramifications of the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal data
• Sep 25, 2017  Preventing reverse mortgage foreclosures
  Reverse mortgages can help older homeowners rely on their home equity to remain in their homes when their incomes are
• Sep 01, 2017  Disaster assistance for victims of natural disasters
  (Updated Oct. 23, 2017)  Once the physical safety of you and your loved ones is secure, here are some resources to
• Aug 11, 2017  Want to start a class action lawsuit?
  Sometimes, when you have exhausted all avenues to settle a complaint with a company, you may wonder if you can
• Jun 21, 2017  Protect contact lens consumer rights
  It has been 13 years since President George W. Bush signed the Fairness for Contact Lens Consumers Act into law, requiring
• May 10, 2017  Used car buyers beware
  Used car buyers who don’t read the fine print could purchase a car with a serious safety defect
• Apr 26, 2017   轉換銀行小貼士 (Tips for switching banks)
  大銀行的高月費一點點地吞掉你微薄的積蓄是否令你難受？ ...
• Apr 10, 2017  Allow more time when renewing IDR plans and filing FAFSA forms
  The IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) allows students to automatically transfer their tax information into the online Free Application for
• Apr 06, 2017  IRS now uses private debt collectors–Stay alert!
  The IRS announced that it has authorized four private debt collection companies to send letters and make phone calls to
• Apr 06, 2017  Survey: Should cellphone bills be used to gauge creditworthiness?
  Please take our online survey! We’d like your feedback on the use of alternative data to improve access
• Mar 27, 2017  Help save the broadband privacy rule!
  This is outrageous! Congress is trying to undo the broadband privacy protections we helped win last year at the Federal

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