FDIC Consumer News
August 3, 2018
FDIC Consumer News, the newsletter published quarterly by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation since the fall of 1993, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special expanded edition featuring updated versions of 25 of our more popular articles
Mark your calendar to join the Bureau for a
day-long symposium exploring challenges many consumers face in accessing
credit
Fraudsters continue to impersonate FINRA executives, offering bogus investment “guarantees” to investors as part of an advance-fee scam
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of four auto dealers operating in Arizona and New Mexico, near the border of the Navajo Nation, with a range of illegal activities, including falsifying consumers’ income and down payment information on vehicle financing applications and misrepresenting important financial terms in vehicle advertisements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted final amendments to its system of records notices under the Privacy Act of 1974 to ensure the Commission can disclose records to other agencies in the event of a data breach
Defendants allegedly took millions of dollars from consumers seeking help with paying debts and personal expenses
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted a telemarketing scheme that took at least $3 million from consumers, including elderly and disabled persons, who sought help with paying personal expenses, such as credit card debts, medical bills, and home repairs
The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have charged a Florida man and his company with tricking business owners into buying labor law posters by sending mailers that mimic invoices from a government agency or authority
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 597 checks totaling more than $184,000 to people who were allegedly tricked into paying phony debts
In testimony before the U
As part of the Bureau’s commitment to engage
stakeholders in active dialogue about key issues, the Bureau recently held
three roundtables to gather feedback about the Requests for Information the
Bureau recently issued
