Defend Your Dollars http://www.defendyourdollars.org/ 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. en Copyright 2010 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:12:22 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Get the Facts about Overdrafts and Fees http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/06/get_the_facts_about_overdrafts.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/06/get_the_facts_about_overdrafts.html Tips Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:12:22 -0800 Paper statement fees?! What to do about this latest trick We’ve heard from a number of consumers on our previous blog, Paper statement fees?! Credit card issuers’ latest trick about their frustrations with receiving their bills in the mail and surprise(!) are charged a fee for it.

]]> http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/paper_statement_fees_what_to_d.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/paper_statement_fees_what_to_d.html Blog Post Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00:16 -0800 Steps to Safely Move Your Money to a New Bank Account http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/04/steps_to_safely_move_your_mone.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/04/steps_to_safely_move_your_mone.html Tips Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:40:13 -0800 A Consumer's Guide to Using Credit Cards http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/02/a_consumers_guide_to_using_cre.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/02/a_consumers_guide_to_using_cre.html Tips Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:25:11 -0800 What You Need to Know: New Credit Card Rules http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/01/what_you_need_to_know_new_cred.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/01/what_you_need_to_know_new_cred.html Tips Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:49:00 -0800 What you need to Know about Debt Settlement Services http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/01/what_you_need_to_know_about_de.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/01/what_you_need_to_know_about_de.html Tips Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:03:18 -0800 Consumers Union’s Tips for Mobile Payments Users http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/consumers_unions_tips_for_mobi.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/consumers_unions_tips_for_mobi.html Tips Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:10:16 -0800 Opt out of many mailing lists http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/opt_out_of_many_mailing_lists.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/opt_out_of_many_mailing_lists.html Tips Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:43:35 -0800 Credit Reports and Scoring http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_reports_and_scoring.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_reports_and_scoring.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:17:10 -0800 Credit and Your Consumer Rights http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_and_your_consumer_right.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_and_your_consumer_right.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:16:30 -0800 California: Credit Repair Services http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/california_credit_repair_servi.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/california_credit_repair_servi.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:15:29 -0800 What is Credit Monitoring? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_credit_monitoring.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_credit_monitoring.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:13:16 -0800 What is a Credit Score? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_a_credit_score.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_a_credit_score.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:08:12 -0800 Do I need to buy anything in order to get my free consumer credit reports? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/do_i_need_to_buy_anything_in_o.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/do_i_need_to_buy_anything_in_o.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:06:35 -0800 What can the consumer credit reporting agencies do with my personally identifiable information? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_can_the_consumer_credit_r.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_can_the_consumer_credit_r.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:04:32 -0800