Category Archives: Latest In Consumer News

Supreme Court rules president can fire CFPB director but allows agency to operate

MarketWatch

California Acts to Protect Auto Insurance Consumers from Paying COVID-19 Windfall Profits to Insurers

Consumer Federation of America

Over 125 health experts defend safety of reusables during COVID-19 pandemic

Greenpeace International

Gen Z borrowers are unaware of Covid-19 student loan relief programs, study finds

Many student loan borrowers were suffering when the pandemic shuttered the economy. CNBC article

PG&E enters pleas for 85 Camp Fire felonies: “guilty your honor”

San Francisco Chronicle

California should reframe business-oversight agency to protect consumers

San Francisco Chronicle Editorial

Nearly 4 million people have received federal Economic Stimulus Payments on prepaid cards. Many have thrown them out because they look like a scam.

Info on how to use the card and AVOID SERVICE FEES at https://www.nclc.org/images/Issue-Brief-Money-Network-EIP-Cards.pdf

The next COVID-19 relief bill must cap sky-high interest rates

Americans for Financial Reform

22 Groups Urge CA Legislature to Protect Students’ Financial Aid During COVID-19

The Institute for College Access and Success

Editorial: California should reframe business-oversight agency to protect consumers

Full article in SF Chronicle

A quarter of Americans are late on rent, mortgage payments; teleworkers fare better than most

Full article in BOBSULLIVAN.NET Consumer & Cybercrime News

White House and Congress clash over liability protections for businesses as firms cautiously weigh virus reopening plans

Full article in Washington Post here

CSS Opposes Deregulation as a Response to the Pandemic

Link to Coalition for Sensible Safeguards

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