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Ed Mierzwinski talked about consumer rights and concerns following the latest data breach, this one of Capital One Financial Corporation in March 2019.

After returning from a brief recess, five credit experts continued their testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on two proposed bills that would change federal regulations f…

The CEOs of the nation’s three credit reporting bureaus and five credit experts testified before the House Financial Services Committee on two proposed bills that would change federal regula…

After returning from a brief recess, CEOs of the nation’s three credit reporting bureaus continued their testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on two proposed bills that wo…

Mr. English, a former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, talked about the concerns of rural consumers, the role of the 930 rural electric cooperatives, and the problems with increasing elect…

Mr. Mierzwinski talked about rules from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that encourages issuers of credit cards to raise cardholder minimum payments. The guest responded to tel…

During the morning plenary meeting of the 9th Annual Summit on the States, a panel discussion was held on stopping identity theft and protecting consumer privacy. State legislators and polic…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the legal and regulatory practices for credit card issuers. They focused on disclosure and marketing efforts aimed a…

Experts talked about differences between federal and state consumer protection laws and the efforts by lobbyists to have stronger state laws replaced by weaker uniform federal rules. Ms. Bra…

A coalition of consumer groups talked about their new education campaign in their fight to allow consumers to file lawsuits or join class action lawsuits against corporations instead of faci…

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group held a discussion on cable television deregulation. Participants spoke to reporters about the impact of deregulation on consumers, citing monopolisti…

Witnesses testified about the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Among the topics they addressed were implementing programs to prevent identity theft, improving consumer access to credit, and mainta…

Several speakers commented of financial services issues. Including the accuracy of credit scores.

A House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing on Homeland Security risks posed by identity fraud and theft.

Witnesses testified about the advantages and disadvantages of restricting the use of Social Security numbers. Among the issues addressed were the ease of legally obtaining private informatio…

Witnesses testified about privacy rights and selling personal information on driver’s licenses to third parties. The talked about potential legislation that would bar states from sharing or …

Edmund Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director for the US Public Interest Research Group talked about financial services legislation and how it would affect consumers. He also expressed conce…

Mr. Mierzwinski and Mr. Byrne discussed the administration’s proposals on financial privacy. They talked about how those proposals will impact banking reform legislation. They responded to a…

Mr. Mierzwinski talked to reporters about the fees charged when people use an ATM from a banking institution other than their own. Banks impose double fees to non-customers for using their A…

A forum on automatic teller machine (ATM) surcharges was held. Banks have come under increasing criticism for charging consumers a fee for using ATMs owned by banks other than the ones the c…