How to improve your finances during Financial Literacy Month
It’s a good time during April’s Financial Literacy Month to take a look at how you handle your finances. What […]
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Under Trump, enforcement of consumer financial laws drops sharply, especially in areas with the highest complaints
The number of publicly announced enforcement actions under the Trump administration at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is dropping sharply,
What are the best and worst cars to buy in 2019?
Photo: EurovisionNim The Consumer Reports 2019 Top Picks in cars list includes six new winners – the Hyundai Kona, Subaru
Federal consumer agency proposes gutting protections on payday loan debt traps
Photo: Aliman Senai The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it’s proposing to roll back payday lending protections. The
The best and worst super bowl ads of 2019
For years, I’ve written about the Super Bowl ads because they get so much attention. Since so many of them
Federal actions against corporations continue to drop in Trump’s second year, despite his ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric
Under President Donald Trump, the “tough on crime” president, corporate enforcement actions at the U.S. Department of Justice fell for
Top 14 consumer stories of 2018
All in all, it’s been another bad year for consumers. President Trump and his administration generate so much chaos that
Consumers need more information about how real estate transactions work, consumer group says
Two-thirds of consumers believe that real estate agents are always or almost always required to represent the interests of the
Loan servicer settles charges it deceived student borrowers about lower-cost payment plans and loan forgiveness
Federal student loan servicer ACS Education Services agreed to a $9 million settlement Friday for steering distressed borrowers away from