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A federal watchdog is suing a tech boot camp, accusing it of loading students up with 'predatory'...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at Senate committee hearing...
Supreme Court hears heated debate over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ABC News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBiden administration Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar delivered a forceful defense of the...
Why Washington wants to treat Apple and Google like big banks
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 7 months agoA Washington watchdog wants to police Big Tech like it it does big banks, meaning greater scrutiny...
Southfield auto lender accused of predatory deals, setting up buyers to fail
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouthfield-based Credit Acceptance Corp., which made its mark offering auto loans to those who have...
U.S. Republicans prepare consumer watchdog, SEC probes as mid-term elections loom
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoU.S. Republican lawmakers are preparing a crackdown on the U.S. consumer and securities watchdogs in...
Fraud and scams cost consumers a record $10 billion in 2023, according to FTC
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoFraud added up to a more than $10 billion problem for consumers last year, according to the latest...
Consumer watchdogs raise alarms as more consumers rely on high-interest 'rent-a-bank' loans
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoRhiannon Stanger, a single, 31-year-old mom with three daughters, wanted a chihuahua for her family...
Texting scams are on the rise, Arizona attorney general says
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArizona and the nation have seen an increase in complaints related to texting scams, according to...
US financial watchdog announces registry of nonbank corporate offenders
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoNew regulations require debt collectors, mortgage and payday lenders, credit reporting companies and...
What are junk fees, and how do you avoid them?
WDAF via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNEW YORK (AP) — “Junk fees” are just what they sound like: hidden or misleading charges that increase the total cost of concert tickets, hotel rooms,...
