PIRG Commends Release of Labor Dept.'s Proposed Rule To End Conflicted...
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 14, 2015WASHINGTON, DC--PIRG today commended the public release of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would strengthen the ability for Americans to save...
View ArticleU.S. House Considers Delay To Financial Protections for Servicemembers, Veterans
Tuesday, April 28, 2015Ed MierzwinskiSECOND UPDATE: 30 April: Update, Thursday 4/30: Predatory lenders defeated, troops protected, for now! Here's Representative Duckworth's release on her bi-partisan...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Supporters of Duckworth Amendment to Protect Our Troops From...
For Immediate Release Thursday, April 30, 2015Ed MierzwinskiStatement of PIRG Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski on Passage of the Duckworth Amendment to "Protect Our Troops" By Speeding...
View ArticleEvent 5/11 re new book on black box decisionmaking & consumers
Wednesday, May 6, 2015Ed MierzwinskiUpdate: CFPB's speaker will be Peggy Twohig, Assistant Director, Office of Supervision Policy.U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Center for Digital Democracy are...
View ArticleHow Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
U.S. PIRG The Nation Wednesday, May 27, 2015Astra Taylor and Jathan SadowskiIn their story appearing in the 15 June issue of The Nation Magazine, "How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a...
View ArticleData Breach Here, Data Breach There, Data Breach Everywhere!
Monday, June 8, 2015Ed MierzwinskiUPDATE 10 JUNE Re DHS Breach: The Department of Homeland Security (yes, the Department of Homeland Security) is just now (June 2015) getting around to notifying...
View ArticleHill Threats to CFPB Escalate As CFPB Protects Consumers, Servicemembers
Wednesday, June 17, 2015Ed MierzwinskiToday, the House Appropriations Committee, at the behest of both Wall Street and predatory lenders seeking to run amok, will vote to eliminate the CFPB's...
View ArticleWe Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database
For Immediate Release Friday, June 26, 2015Ed MierzwinskiStatement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director"Despite enormous opposition from banks, credit bureaus and other firms, the CFPB this...
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Mortgages and Mortgage Complaints
Released by: US PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, July 14, 2015New Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer ComplaintsCFPB Mortgage Report July 2015 PDF (1.72 mB)Executive...
View ArticleNew Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints
For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 14, 2015Ed MierzwinskiWashington, D.C. –Mortgage problems were the top source of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a...
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How the CFPB’s Data Keeps Getting Better and Better
Friday, July 17, 2015America’s watchdog for financial consumers is turning 4 next Tuesday! Here’s the CFPB's own blog post: 4 years working for you. In a lead up to the Consumer Financial Protection...
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Meet the CFPB:
Updated July 2015: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB is just four years old on July 21, 2015! It’s the first federal agency with just one job: Protecting all consumers – with special...
View ArticleThe CFPB is 4 years old and has a lot to show for it!
Monday, July 20, 2015Ed MierzwinskiWe're keeping busy promoting the CFPB's 4th birthday. Tuesday, July 21, marks four years to the day since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors to...
View ArticleTop 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers
For Immediate Release Monday, July 20, 2015Washington, D.C. –The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 4 on July 21st. To celebrate and increase public awareness of the agency, U.S. PIRG...
View ArticleOver 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor
For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 21, 2015Today the U.S. Public Interest Research Group submitted comments to the Department of Labor from 7,244 consumers across the country in support of a strong...
View ArticleHouse To Vote On Godzilla-Sized Rule Blocker, As Financial Committee...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015Ed MierzwinskiUPDATED: The Reins Act (HR 427) passed the House today on a near-party line (243-165) vote (see below for discussion, Public Interest Vote = NOE).Orginal post:In the...
View ArticleIRS Admits Data Breach Worse Than Thought, Will Congress Do Wrong Thing Anyway?
Wednesday, August 19, 2015Ed MierzwinskiThis week, the IRS admitted (WashPost story) that thieves accessed the personal information -- enough to allow them to take your tax refund -- of an additional...
View ArticleCourt Reinstates Case Against Bank That Aided Senior Citizen Fraud
Friday, September 4, 2015Ed MierzwinskiThis week, the 3rd Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that had denied class action status to victims of a scheme targeting seniors...
View ArticleHouse holds stacked hearing to attack retirement savings rule proposal
Thursday, September 10, 2015Ed MierzwinskiRight now, the House Financial Services Committee is holding one of its typically stacked hearings -- one consumer-side witness against four Wall Street-backed...
View ArticleAs CFPB Advances Consumer Protection, Attacks on CFPB Escalate
Thursday, October 8, 2015Ed MierzwinskiThis week, at a field hearing in Denver, the CFPB took a major step toward establishing a regulation restricting the use of forced arbitration clauses in consumer...
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