CUNA Senior Economist Ligia Vado discusses an overview of third quarter findings and end of year projections in the October 2022 CUNA Economic Update,
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt robust protections against commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers.
Washington (November 16, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in introducing the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act. The SAFE Lending Act will protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip wealth from working families by cracking down on some of the worst abuses stemming from the payday lending industry, particularly in online payday lending.
The Biden administration, with the help of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court for help with legal challenges to its student loan forgiveness plan—in particular, one arguing that the plan goes beyond what Congress allows.
The Federal Trade Commission today released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2022. The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, over 2.5 million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total to more than 246 million phone numbers.
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