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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.
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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
- DeVos’ latest regulation rollback a blank check to scam schools written by taxpayers
- SEC faces lawsuit over forcing e-delivery of shareholder reports
- Consumer Action condemns the Education Department’s borrower defense rule
- Protect the CFPB’s critical complaint process
- Threats to privatize the U.S. Postal Service jeopardize universal access
Headlines
- LA to screen transit passengers with body scanners
- One family’s approach to paying for college: GoFundMe
- Next steps for homeowners mistakenly foreclosed by Wells Fargo
- Google services tracking location data despite privacy settings
- Banks and retailers are tracking how you type, swipe and tap
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
- Big tech is still violating your privacy
- CFPB no place for Donald Trump’s neophyte nominee
- For wages, a Trump slump
- Upward mobility is a myth
- Profit vs. privacy: Facebook’s stock collapse
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Spanish Headlines
- Cuestionan técnicas para tener a niños pegados a pantallas
- Los servicios de pago entre pares generalmente son seguros, pero los consumidores deben estar conscientes de los riesgos
- Negras y latinas reciben los cheques más bajos
- Cómo convivir con esos espantosos videos que se reproducen solos
- 5 razones para usar un monedero móvil
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Chinese Headlines
- Dept. of Justice said court made mistake allowing AT&T to acquire Time Warner (Chinese)
- “Almond Breeze” could contain milk nearly 150,000 boxes recalled (Chinese)
- New fraudulent tactics on the rise - anti-fraud teams always stand watch (Chinese)
- US largest chain store Kroger considering not to accept VISA card (Chinese)
- 3 SoCal cosmetology schools ordered to cease enrollment following investigation (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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Vietnamese Press Release
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