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.
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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.
Card issuers have stepped up their offers for professional cards, which are not covered by the CARD Act. Read more »
NBC outlines what to watch out for in overdrafts Read more »
Tips for Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, and Prepaid Cards for college students Read more »
We are calling on Wells Fargo to stop automatically enrolling their customers into overdraft programs they may not want. Read more »
Watch DefendYourDollars.org Gail Hillebrand talk about how the CARD Act will affect you on the Rachel Maddow Show Read more »
Consumers seeing benefits of the CARD Act Read more »
California's Governator Needs To Sign Bill To Barr Fees From Debit Cards Read more »
On Tuesday, a district court judge wrote a scathing decision which found that Wells Fargo “acted in bad faith” by clearing transactions in a way which generated more fees and revenue at the expense of depositors. Read more »
Today's American Banker featured a Viewpoint article by Gail Hillebrand and Mark MacCarthy on the need for strong uniform payment protections for consumers, particularly on mobile payments. Read more »
By Norma Garcia:The SEC has proposed requiring the sponsors of asset backed securities to keep some “skin in the game” or in other words, retain some of the risk on mortgages that are pooled together and sold as securities to investors. Read more »
The past two weeks we’ve seen two big steps forward toward reigning in debt settlement companies. Read more »
Your activism forced lawmakers to reform our financial system! But the fight is not over. Read more »
By Norma Garcia New California survey finds increasing evidence of banks foreclosing in error Read more »
In Georgia Bank of America is introducing a new type of bank account. One that charges $8.95 to receive paper statements. Read more »
The President signed the Wall St. Reform bill creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We outline what they should tackle first. Read more »
The Senate’s 60-39 vote passing a landmark bill to overhaul the rules for banks and Wall Street shows the power that consumers can have over even the most powerful and well-funded lobby groups in the country. Read more »
Finally. Financial Reform Bill a “Game Changer” Read more »
After having enough of Chase the owner of Twilight Exit bar in Seattle is offering a free steak dinner with proof that you have dropped your Chase bank account. Read more »
The Department of Treasury has proposed to end federal payments by check beginning March 2011 for new recipients and March 2013 for existing beneficiaries--substituting direct deposit or deposit onto prepaid cards. Read more »
At our recent Consumers Union Activist Summit we were lucky enough to meet activists from all over the country who are doing amazing work. One such person was Andrea Wieland from the group First Nations. First Nations Native American operated nonprofit that strengthens Native economies throughout the United States. Read more »
Sen Brown comes out in support of Wall St. Reform Bill- Where does your Senator stand? Read more »
CFA releases a survey of Big Bank Overdraft Fees and Terms Read more »
All this talk about decades without real consumer protection and we all forgot one thing... Who is looking out for the BANKS? Luckily, someone is on the watch. Read more »
The financial reform bill needs 60 votes in the Senate to be sent on to the President for final signature. The Lending Industry is going to fight it till the very end. Read more »
Here is an update of what is in the final version of the bill that is moving on to the House and Senate floors for final passage. Read more »
