Blog Detail

Recent Posts

• Credit Card Companies Raise Interest Rates, Hike Minimum Payments and Lower Credit Scores...

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 in consumer financial protection agency, consumer safety protection, credit card companies, credit card complaints, credit card practices, Economy, legislation, lender credit card practices, lender practices, lending industry

  Seems Congress is hearing from consumers who are outraged that their credit card has not only raised their interest rates but their minimum payment on balance due is skyrocketing as well.   When Congress passed the Credit Card Holders Bill ...

• Arbitrations before the National Arbitration Forum No shield for debt collectors

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 in binding arbitration, debt collection issues, debt collector practices, debt collectors, fdcpa lawsuits, fdcpa violations, forced binding arbitration, hot topics, lawsuits laws

  This week brings news that the National Consumer Law Center and Public Justice's Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project helped win a major victory for consumers. In Komarova v. National Credit Acceptance, Inc., the California Court of Appeal ...

• Settlement of $1.375 million when so-called "Free Trial Offer" came with a Price...

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 13:21 in consumer protection, consumer safety protection, Hoaxes, hot topics, lawsuits, lawsuits laws, scams

  In a win for consumers one company has agreed to a $1.375 million settlement involving  deceptive online sales practices. The suit was brought about by the Arizona AG's office after they received numerous consumer complaints against the company,...

• Support the Interest Rate Reduction Act and Stop Lenders from Imposing Excessive Interest Rates

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 14:56 in abusive credit card practices, affil, hot topics, interest rate reduction act, legislation, lender credit card practices, lender practices, lending industry, Predatory Lending, responsible lending, usury

  Senate bill S. 582,  dubbed The Interest Rate Reduction Act, was proposed and introduced to the Senate by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. A companion bill, H.R. 1640 was also introduced in the House by Maurice Hinchey of New York. The Interes...

• Scam Alert; Don't Fall for TwitterBlog Phishing Scam

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 11:19 in consumer safety protection, Hoaxes, identity theft prevention, phishing, phishing scams, scam alerts, scams, scams hoaxes

  It seems hundreds of tweets have gone out with the message "omg!! is it true what they wrote about you in their twit blog?" and linking to a the site twittersblogs.com. If  individuals click on the link, it will take you to a fake site that esse...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 6 comments.

Post A Comment/Review

* Your IP is being logged.
* Your e-mail address is used only for verification purposes only and will not be sold, or shown publicly.
* No HTML tags allowed
* DO NOT use the Comments/Reviews to promote your own site.

Name:	or Login
E-mail:
Rating:	Please Select A Rating 1 - Worst 2 3 - Average 4 5 - Fantastic
Verify:	Spam Protection: sum of 1 + 4
Comment:
	Remember Information