FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2019 Boston – Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at National Consumer Law Center, issued the following statement and advice to consumers about the Capital One data breach: “It’s disappointing but not unexpected that consumers face yet another breach of our sensitive financial information. By now, consumers should assume there is…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center and the Consumer Federation of America issued the following statement today in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) announcement of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Dodd-Frank Act ability to repay and qualified mortgage rules.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2019 BOSTON- Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the Department of Education’s process for verifying income and family size when determining income-driven repayment amounts. For student loan borrowers struggling to repay their loans, income-driven repayment (IDR) plans are a lifeline that helps millions of people stay…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives struck a strong bipartisan blow against robocalls plaguing consumers today with a near-unanimous 429 – 3 vote to pass H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. The bill takes major steps to curb abusive robocalling by adopting important new consumer protections including: Requiring clear FCC regulations to…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2019 Boston – On Thursday, July 25, at 10 a.m. ET, National Consumer Law Center attorney Chi Chi Wu will testify before the U.S. House Task Force on Financial Technology at the hearing “Examining the Use of Alternative Data in Underwriting and Credit Scoring to Expand Access to Credit.” During her…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2019 Boston – Today marks the introduction of the second of two bills designed to help Americans burdened with student loan debt. Today, U.S. Senator Warren and Representative Clyburn introduced the Student Loan Debt Relief Act. Last month, the Student Debt Cancellation Act was introduced by US. Senator Sanders (S.1947)…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2019 Boston – Today, class action attorneys, federal regulators (Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and state Attorneys General reached a settlement with Equifax regarding its data breach that affected 147 million consumers. The final settlement includes a $175 million civil penalty to states, $100 million civil…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2019 Washington – Late yesterday, the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final nursing home arbitration rule, allowing nursing homes to force residents into arbitration and depriving them of access to the courts in case of a dispute. In 2017, National Consumer Law Center and dozens of other…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 17, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed unanimously (48-0) the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 3375). The bipartisan bill was introduced in June by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chair and ranking member, respectively, of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the settlement of a lawsuit it had brought against Freedom Debt Relief, the nation’s largest debt settlement company. According to the CFPB, the company agreed to pay $20 million in restitution to affected consumers and a $5 million…
Read More about Statement Regarding CFPB Settlement with Nation’s Largest Debt Relief Company
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2019 “More, not less, comprehensive reform of unfair and abusive overdraft fee practices is badly needed.” “Overdraft fees are unfair, deceptive, harmful, and outrageously high—and they hit consumers of color the hardest” WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 1, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Files FOIA to Find out on 25th Anniversary of Borrowers Participating in Income-Driven Repayment Plans Download NCLC’s FOIA request at: http://bit.ly/foia-ann Boston — On July 1, 1994, the U.S. Education Department launched its first Income-Driven Repayment Plan, designed to allow student loan borrowers to keep…
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