Appearing in MarketWatch on March 7, 2024, Aarthi Swaminathan interviews NCLC staff attorney Ariel Nelson for coverage of President Biden’s remarks on housing affordability during the State of the Union. Junk fees in rental housing span the gamut, from application fees to pet fees to move-in or move-out fees. A recent estimate by the Council of Economic…
Appearing in The New York Times on March 5, 2024, Stacey Cowley interviewed NCLC Associate Director Lauren Saunders for coverage of the CFPB’s rule to limit credit card late fees. Consumer advocates cheered the change. The consumer bureau “showed its math” in laying out how it calculated the $8 fee limit, said Lauren Saunders, associate director…
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Appearing in NPR on March 1, 2024, Noam Levy interviews Chi Chi Wu on the CFPB’s efforts to penalize medical debt collectors, issue stern warnings to health care providers and lenders that target patients, and publish reams of reports on how the health care system is undermining the financial security of Americans. “The fact that…
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Appearing in NPR on March 5, 2024, Scott Horsley interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Chi Chi Wu for coverage of the CFPB rule to limit credit card late fees. “This is really an example of government in action to help consumers.” Chi Chi Wu, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center
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Senate Bill 1061 seeks to protect consumers from having their credit ruined by prohibiting medical debt from being reported on credit reports.
Everything that is wrong with a high-cost loan is only made worse when the loan is larger and the terms are longer.
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Advocates praised action taken by the CFPB to stop credit card lenders from raking in billions of dollars from excessive late fees.
The FCC must protect small business owners from invasive and costly calls.
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The President’s emergency order shows that irresponsible data brokers aren’t just a threat to consumers, they’re a threat to national security.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) overdraft fee rule is at risk. This important new protection will slash typical overdraft fees at big banks from $35 per transaction to just $5, saving the 23 million households who pay overdraft fees $5 billion a year, an average of $225/year for households who pay overdraft fees. The new rule helps millions of people,…
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A new report looks at existing community solar models, best practices, and state policies.
Originally appearing in The Hill on Feb. 2, 2024, Sydney Dunlap covered a Senate Banking Committee on fraud and scams in the banking system and quoted testimony provided by Carla Sanchez-Adams, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. If a person falls victim to fraudulently induced transactions, “You are going to hear ‘too bad,…
Read More about The Hill: Americans lose billions as expert says median fraud losses double
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