Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named a former Federal Trade Commission official to lead the city’s consumer protection agency, vowing to take an aggressive stance on behalf of gig workers and ...

Sam Levine, who previously worked at the Federal Trade Commission, will head an agency that is a crucial part of Mamdani’s ...

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In health care, new laws include Increasing Consumer Protections in Student Health Insurance (AB 594) and Infertility ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

The insurer’s core product is not the policy document delivered at the point of sale; it is the promise of financial ...

Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency intended to do exactly what its name states: protect consumers financially by ...

Rules on bank and credit card fees, medical debt and payment apps are in limbo. One thing you can do is carefully check your financial statements, one expert says. By Ann Carrns With the government ...

Starting in 2026, California will implement significant changes affecting consumer spending and living. From car purchases to ...

Discover how payment protection plans can help with job loss or disability, and explore alternatives like emergency funds and ...

The Hawaiʻi Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection has reached a $6 million settlement ...