Press Release Archive

2011

September

13

• Consumer Action updates its 'How to Complain' guide. Consumer Action has updated its free and comprehensive publication, How to Complain.

11

• September 12-18 is National Lifeline Awareness Week. Consumer Action has joined with AT&T California to promote California LifeLine during Lifeline Awareness Week.

08

• MoneyWi$e train-the-trainer event for DC-based CBOs (Consumer Action and Capital One help 55 organizations boost their financial literacy training skills). Washington, DC — Consumer Action and Capital One Bank today announced that their joint MoneyWi$e financial literacy partnership is providing a free financial education training…

May

30

• Consumer Action remembers our fallen heroes. Consumer Action commemorates this day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Today we honor family, friends and neighbors who died…

26

• Tools to help parents manage the wireless world (Consumer Action surveys top wireless carriers’ parental controls). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—iPhones, iPads, Androids and more. The explosive growth of data-driven wireless products poses new concerns for parents as young people use (and abuse)…

16

• Households spend $3K-plus per year on gasoline (Concern grows, along with support for stronger fuel standards). Annual household gasoline expenditures topping $3,000 drives concern about gas prices and support for higher auto standards. New report shows consumer support for increased federal fuel economy standards in states with heavy automotive economic bases is as strong as in California.

09

• MoneyWi$e goes to Texas this week (Consumer Action and Capital One Bank sponsor free financial literacy trainings for Houston and McAllen community groups). Financial educators from Consumer Action will train the staff of 77 community-based organizations using free multilingual materials, tools and resources.

2010

September

13

• National Lifeline Awareness Week (Consumer Action and AT&T spread word about affordable phone service for those who need it most).

  Click here for a Spanish version of this press release.

  La Semana Nacional de Concientización Sobre Lifeline. Click here for an English version of this press release. U.S. Senate stands with consumers on financial reform. U.S. Senate passes comprehensive financial reform

June

25

• Financial Reform spells a win for consumers. The U.S. House and Senate conference committee passed a final bill today that includes a bureau devoted exclusively to consumer financial protection. “Consumer Action has…

17

• Consumer Action Anniversary and Awards. To mark its 39th year of education and advocacy, Consumer Action celebrates today with a party and awards ceremony in San Francisco.

16

• Consumers need relief from debt settlement rip-offs (Consumer advocates support bills aimed at debt settlement abuses). Leading consumer advocates call on Congress to act quickly to enact S. 3264, the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act of 2010 sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and H.R. 5387, the companion bill sponsored by Representatives Louis Gutierrez (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Gwen Moore (D-WI).

March

12

• Consumer Action helps you avoid travel 'gotchas' (Reasons to consider travel insurance for your next trip). During National Consumer Protection Week, Consumer Action releases information on a key financial protection to consider when traveling. The organization has devoted its new issue…

January

26

• Consumer groups warn of debt settlement trap (Groups offer debt-strapped consumers advice on getting real relief). For-profit debt settlement services can't be counted on to help consumers lighten their debt load.

2009

December

22

• Consumer Action nationwide survey of financial literacy programs (Financial literacy programs in local communities have continued need for printed materials). Consumer Action, a national non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization, has published the results of a survey of community-based organizations (CBOs) titled "Implementation of Community-based…

17

• Avoid costly cell phone fees (Consider new low cost wireless plans instead of contract-based phone service). Note: A streaming audio recording of the news event will be available as of 6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PT today. Groups call Ticketmaster merger a 'Ticket Disaster' (DOJ asked to block proposed merger). WASHINGTON, D.C.—Joined by Members of Congress, leading public interest advocates and live event industry representatives today called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to live…

November

20

• Stop evasions by credit card companies (Consumer advocates ask the Fed to stop issuers' schemes in advance of new law). Advocates from national consumer groups today will urge the Federal Reserve Board to close loopholes in its proposed rules to prohibit credit card companies from…

October

08

• Consumer Action testifies to House on credit card law abuses (Ruth Susswein calls for earlier effective date on credit card rules). Consumer Action will testify today before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the need for an earlier implementation date for the CARD Act. At…

August

21

• Warning: 'Clunker' double-dipping could occur (Taxpayers, car buyers should not have to pay twice). Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS), Consumer Action and Public Citizen today called upon the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure, as the…

18

• California coalition sets August legislative priorities. Nine consumer rights organizations, including Consumer Action, have sent a letter the California Legislature outlining pro-consumer legislative priorities during the final month of the 2009…

13

• Groups seek crackdown on Cash for Clunkers scams (Car buyers subject to bait and switch and higher-than-usual prices). Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety and Consumer Action today urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to act to protect car buyers from Cash for…

July

02

• Protections for victims of auto bankruptcies.

  Consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission today, seeking warnings on approximately 30 million Chrysler vehicles produced prior to May 30, when the "New Chrysler"…

March

31

• Stipends help make communities MoneyWi$e (Consumer Action and Capital One provide small grants to local groups for consumer education). San Francisco — (March 31, 2009) – National consumer advocacy group Consumer Action and Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced today that their joint…

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