Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Apr 15, 2020 People are mostly spending stimulus on food
- Apr 15, 2020 Borrower requests for mortgage bailout jump 78% in one week
- Apr 15, 2020 Behind on child support? You won’t get a stimulus check
- Apr 15, 2020 Here’s what you can do if your mortgage payment is late
- Apr 14, 2020 Young adults, students feeling ‘forgotten’ in stimulus plan
- Apr 14, 2020 Fintech approved to offer loans to small businesses
- Apr 14, 2020 California insurance commissioner orders premium refunds
- Apr 14, 2020 What to do if you can’t pay rent
- Apr 14, 2020 For-profit colleges could reap up to $1 billion in federal bailout money
- Apr 14, 2020 Ticketmaster quietly changes its refund policy
- Apr 09, 2020 Online grocery shopping gets tougher by the day
- Apr 09, 2020 Gig workers’ new unemployment benefits won’t come quickly
- Apr 09, 2020 Cars line up for miles at food banks
- Apr 09, 2020 Nearly a third of renters didn’t pay by 1st week of April
- Apr 07, 2020 Airlines must pay refunds for canceled flights
- Apr 07, 2020 Some auto insurers are sending refunds to customers
- Apr 07, 2020 Coronavirus scammers use fake ‘pop-up’ COVID-19 testing sites
- Apr 07, 2020 Private student loans relief due to coronavirus
- Apr 03, 2020 Messy start for small business loans
- Apr 03, 2020 Keep moving. And sometimes, double your distance
- Apr 03, 2020 PG&E customers to receive climate credit in April
- Apr 03, 2020 No refund but credit for a future cruise? Are you kidding?
- Mar 31, 2020 When romance is a scam
- Mar 31, 2020 Amazon workers walk off the job; Instacart and Whole Foods employees to follow
- Mar 31, 2020 Airlines’ new operating mode: Flexible
- Mar 30, 2020 Woman gets $34,927.43 bill for coronavirus treatment
- Mar 27, 2020 Facebook to combat the spread of coronavirus misinformation
- Mar 27, 2020 Calculate how much you’ll get from the coronavirus stimulus
- Mar 27, 2020 F.A.Q. on stimulus checks, unemployment and the coronavirus bill
- Mar 26, 2020 Everything you need to know about student loans during Coronavirus
- Mar 26, 2020 How to get help paying your bills and student loans if you’re laid off
- Mar 26, 2020 DeVos halts collection of defaulted federal student loans
- Mar 24, 2020 Millions of Americans working at home could be huge security risk
- Mar 20, 2020 TSA allows expired driver’s licenses
- Mar 20, 2020 These grocery store chains have special hours for older Americans
- Mar 20, 2020 Racing to head off evictions and foreclosures
- Mar 20, 2020 Coronavirus testing loan servicers’ mettle
- Mar 20, 2020 Indebted student loan borrowers said they didn’t know what they were signing up for
- Mar 19, 2020 Young people ARE getting extremely sick from coronavirus
- Mar 19, 2020 Before coronavirus outbreak, a cascade of warnings went unheeded
- Mar 19, 2020 White House, Democrats scramble to assemble spending packages
- Mar 17, 2020 Some employers are doing the right thing, some aren’t
- Mar 17, 2020 U.S. cities are temporarily banning evictions
- Mar 17, 2020 How companies are giving consumers a break during coronavirus pandemic
- Mar 13, 2020 Live Nation, AEG suspend all concert tours in wake of coronavirus pandemic
- Mar 13, 2020 Hackers are using coronavirus concerns to trick you
- Mar 13, 2020 List of banks offering relief to customers affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Mar 10, 2020 A blind man failed the U.S. citizenship test after it wasn’t offered in Braille
- Mar 10, 2020 Caregivers brace for the spread of coronavirus
- Mar 10, 2020 Fifth Third Bank opened fraudulent accounts says CFPB
- Mar 06, 2020 Facebook removes ‘deceptive’ Trump census ads
- Mar 06, 2020 Your 8 most vexing tax questions, answered
- Mar 06, 2020 States urge DeVos to forgive loans of students with disabilities
- Mar 06, 2020 Retired and saddled with student loans
- Mar 03, 2020 How to manage your 401(k) as the coronavirus upends the markets
- Mar 03, 2020 Shark Tank host loses $400,000 in a scam
- Mar 03, 2020 What travelers need to know about travel insurance, waivers and cancellations
- Feb 25, 2020 One-quarter of student loans are repaid on income-based repayment plans
- Feb 25, 2020 More bosses give 4-Day workweek a try
- Feb 25, 2020 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma starts ad campaign for claims
- Feb 21, 2020 Lyft is offering free rides for 2020 primary and election voters
- Feb 21, 2020 These 3 Social Security strategies could increase your monthly checks
- Feb 21, 2020 Contigo water bottles recalled over a choking hazard
- Feb 14, 2020 This app automatically cancels and sues robocallers
- Feb 07, 2020 Investigation raises concern over Evenflo booster seats
- Feb 07, 2020 Wearable tech that tells drowsy truckers it’s time to pull over
- Feb 04, 2020 The number of uninsured Americans has gone up by 7M under Trump
- Feb 04, 2020 Debt collection rule could leave non-English speakers vulnerable
- Feb 04, 2020 The dangers of using a 529 plan for student loan debt
- Jan 28, 2020 Teachers sue Betsy DeVos…again
- Oct 30, 2019 Most families still don’t have enough emergency savings
- Oct 15, 2019 Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15. Do a checkup on your coverage
- Sep 19, 2019 3 things NOT to do with your savings after Fed interest rate cut
- Sep 19, 2019 Cord cutting continues, fueled by high cable pricing
- Sep 19, 2019 Consumer Bureau’s complaint database is here to stay, says director
- Aug 20, 2019 Federal Reserve backslides on protections put in place after meltdown
- Aug 09, 2019 Questions about marijuana legalization, answered
- Jul 19, 2019 Americans have big student loans but little financial literacy
- Jul 05, 2019 How much does it cost to freeze your eggs?
- Jul 05, 2019 Hiring algorithms raise questions of validity and bias
- Jul 02, 2019 Why the flight to the hospital is more costly than ever
- Jul 01, 2019 16 brands of dog food may be linked to canine heart disease
- Jun 18, 2019 U.S. says $168 million ITT for-profit student loans to be forgiven
- May 24, 2019 40% of Americans would struggle to cover a $400 emergency
- May 15, 2019 CFPB remembers its job is to protect consumers
- May 15, 2019 The Whatsapp hack: Is any app safe?
- May 15, 2019 San Francisco bans facial recognition by government agencies
- May 15, 2019 What you should know about adult vaccines
- Mar 22, 2019 States seek tighter regulation of for-profits
- Feb 01, 2019 Plan for a ‘Frugal February’?
- Feb 01, 2019 HHS takes on middlemen that inflate drug prices
- Jan 22, 2019 You practically need a Ph.D. to figure out frequent-flier status
- Jan 18, 2019 Netflix is raising its prices. Here’s why
- Jan 18, 2019 The shutdown is breaking government websites, one by one
- Jan 18, 2019 The 10-year-challenge is harmless, right?
- Jan 18, 2019 Debt is keeping young people from buying homes
- Dec 18, 2018 ¿Se le fue la mano con la tarjeta estas fiestas?
- Dec 11, 2018 Equifax data breach was “entirely preventable”
- Dec 11, 2018 Wells Fargo tops government report on fees paid by students
- Oct 26, 2018 A dark consensus about screens and kids