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State of Foreclosure: Progress and Solutions
State of Foreclosure: Progress and Solutions Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:00 a.m. California State Capitol, Sacramento Room 447 Consumer Perspective on Foreclosure Mediation Norma Garcia, Senior Attorney, Consumer’s Union To watch a webcast of this hearing click here.
CU testimony about FTC’s relationship to the proposed CFPA
Testimony of Gail Hillebrand, Consumers Union This testimony is presented on behalf of Consumers Union and is joined by: Consumer Action Consumer Federation of America National Association of Consumer Advocates National Consumer Law Center Public Citizen U.S. PIRG Before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection U.S. House of Continue Reading
Testimony in opposition to HR 1214, The Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009
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Testimony to Senate Banking Committee on Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation
Testimony to Senate Banking Committee on Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation The job of modernizing the U.S. system of financial markets oversight and financial products regulation will involve much more than the addition of a layer of systemic risk oversight. The regulatory system must provide for effective household risk regulation as well as systemic risk Continue Reading
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Testimony on Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation
Testimony on Credit Cards (HR 627) and Overdraft Fees (HR 1456)
Before the House on March 19, 2009
Categories: Banking, Credit Cards
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Consumer groups testify in House to protect social security benefits from predatory lending
In the past few years this has become one of the most alarming and frequent reasons for emergency requests for assistance to legal services lawyers.
CU calls for one stop banking complaint system
Consumer groups call on Congress to establish a single toll-free number and unified complaint system
Consumers Deserve Stronger Financial Services Protections
Consumer advocates testify before House Financial Services Committee to improve consumers protection
Categories: Banking, Credit Cards
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Oversight Hearing on Data Security, Data Breach Notices, Privacy and Identity Theft
There are numerous lessons to be learned from 2005, a year when more than 75 reported data security breaches at some of the nation’s largest financial companies, including Citigroup and Bank of America.
Categories: Privacy, Security Breaches
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