Consumer Federation of America

Since 1968, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has provided consumers a well-reasoned and articulate voice in decisions that affect their lives. Day in and out, CFA's professional staff gathers facts, analyzes issues, and disseminates information to the public, policymakers, and rest of the consumer movement. CFA is an advocacy, research, education, and service organization. As an advocacy group, it works to advance pro-consumer policy on a variety of issues before Congress, the White House, federal and state regulatory agencies, state legislatures, and the courts. Its staff works with public officials to promote beneficial policies, to oppose harmful policies, and to ensure a balanced debate on important issues in which consumers have a stake.

http://www.consumerfed.org/

Source Category:

• Interest Group

Articles:

• Beginning of the End? Major Changes to Quick Tax Refund Loans Industry
  January 21, 2010 17:54
• Consumers Still At Risk from Bank Overdraft Loans
  November 11, 2009 07:19
• Fees for Unauthorized Overdraft Loans Keep Going Up at Largest Banks
  July 18, 2009 23:54
• CFA Task Force Aims to "Tear Up" Fake Check Scams
  May 29, 2009 07:40
• CFA Analysis of Financial Crisis Documents Causes, Demonstrates Need for Comprehensive Reforms
  April 7, 2009 08:52
• Quickie Refund Loans: Bad for Consumers, Bad for the U.S. Treasury
  March 4, 2009 05:47
• Despite $1.90 Pump Price, a Large Majority of Americans Remain Concerned about Gas Prices and Oil Import Dependence
  February 6, 2009 08:59
• Women on Their Own in Much Worse Financial Condition Than Other Americans
  December 4, 2008 14:31
• Study finds significant differences in auto and home insurance information provided by states to consumers
  November 12, 2008 04:35
• 50-State Small Dollar Loan Scorecard
  August 28, 2008 13:31
• Overdraft Loan Fees Increase at Nation’s Ten Largest Banks: Federal Reserve Proposal Fails to Protect Consumers from Unauthorized Loans
  August 7, 2008 14:33
• Dramatic Shift to Fuel Efficient Vehicles Began in 2005; New Auto Sales Analysis Reveals Market Reality Missed by Automakers & NHTSA
  August 6, 2008 03:04
• Administration Fails To Follow Congressional Mandate: Flouts $4 a Gallon Gas; Cripples Consumers and Industry
  July 12, 2008 21:41
• $4 Gallon Gas Should Lower Auto Insurance Rates for Many Consumers
  June 12, 2008 02:22
• Ending America’s Oil Addiction: A Quarterly Report on Consumption, Prices and Imports
  April 22, 2008 12:41
• Coming Down: Fewer Refund Anticipation Loans, Lower Prices from Some Providers, But Quickie Tax Refund Loans Still Burden the Working Poor
  April 1, 2008 19:59
• Despite Supply Glut, Consumers Face Soaring Gasoline Prices, New Report Finds
  March 26, 2008 22:36
• California Subprime Study
  January 31, 2008 20:29
• Positive Improvements for Tax Refund Loans, but Consumers Still Warned to Avoid Them
  January 22, 2008 15:31
• Insurers Maintain Record Profits in 2007 by Overpricing Policies and Underpaying Claims
  January 11, 2008 13:54