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Credit card skimmers have been popping up across the country in recent months, including in California. According to a 2023 Fair Issac Corporation report , credit card skimming in the United ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its October 2013 report on the CARD Act found that between the first quarter of 2009 and December 2012, credit card interest rates increased on average from 16.2% to 18.5%, while the “total cost of credit,” that is, the total of all fees and interest paid by all consumers as a percentage of the ...
The payment card interchange fee and merchant discount antitrust litigation is a United States class-action lawsuit filed in 2005 by merchants and trade associations against Visa, Mastercard, and numerous financial institutions that issue payment cards. The suit was filed because of price fixing and other allegedly anti-competitive trade ...
The bill was passed by the California State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, on June 28, 2018, to amend Part 4 of Division 3 of the California Civil Code. [2] Officially called AB-375, the act was introduced by Ed Chau, member of the California State Assembly, and State Senator Robert Hertzberg. [3] [4]
The team develops resources, conducts educational presentations, including on timely or current financial fraud and scams, and helps connect consumers to our consumer services office when needed. They manage the CalMoneySmart grant program, [8] which awards California nonprofits with up to $100,000 in funding to execute financial literacy programs.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule limiting credit card late fees to $8. The move could save 45 million people an average $220 per year on late fees.
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The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ( FACT Act or FACTA, Pub. L. 108–159 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. federal law, passed by the United States Congress on November 22, 2003, [ 1] and signed by President George W. Bush on December 4, 2003, [ 2] as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The act allows consumers to request ...