Explore U.S. consumer protection laws that shield against scams and unethical practices like predatory lending, ensuring your ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is urging consumers to guard their money and financial information against payment app scams. Payment apps such as ...

Quishing,” or QR-code phishing, is emerging as a fast-growing fraud tactic. • Consumer advocates say older adults are among the most frequent targets ...

Zelle is an electronic person-to-person payment service offered by many U.S. banks as an alternative to nonbank P2P services, like PayPal or Venmo. Zelle is convenient if you have a bank checking ...

Using a CFPB database of credit card terms and conditions, Johnson learned that his creditors were required to use ...

Protesters rallying to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Raleigh earlier this year. Credit: Photo by Lena Geller North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall sat at the ...

While online payment scams are particularly common, another issue often seen in Illinois is fraud around construction or home ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning Michiganders of five different types of scams as part of a holiday consumer protection campaign. “During the holiday season, it ...

The DLCA alleges that Meta’s public assurances about safety, consumer protections, and fraud prevention were misleading and ...

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador warned residents about a text scam claiming recipients must act urgently to receive ...