Defend Your Dollars is the website of the Consumers Union Financial Services Campaign, where we support reforms to the financial marketplace to curb bad practices by banks and lenders.
These comments are filed by CU, the Consumer Federation of America, U.S. PIRG, the National Consumer Law Center, and Consumer Action. Check 21 treats an electronic transfer of funds initiated by check under check law, but at the same time provides some new consumer rights to accompany this fundamental change in how checks are processed.