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As CFPB Reviews Overdraft Rules, UK Regulator Makes Pro-Consumer Changes

Wednesday, July 3, 2019
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

As the CFPB conducts a ten-year regulatory review of the Overdraft Rule established by the pre-CFPB regulators in 2010, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has announced sweeping changes to address what it calls a "dysfunctional" overdraft market. The US system prohibits overdraft fees on debit and ATM transactions unless you opt-in to fee-based "standard overdraft protection," but the fees average over $32 per overdraft and CFPB has accused some banks of deceptive marketing of the service. Meanwhile, the UK's FCA is banning fixed fee overdrafts and requiring UK banks to treat overdrafts as loans subject to reasonable interest rates. We've asked CFPB to ban overdrafts on debit and ATM transactions.

Which communities in California have already taken action against Monsanto's RoundUp?

Tuesday, July 2, 2019
By | Emily Rusch
Executive Director

Today, a federal court in San Francisco will be hearing Monsanto’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs for a failure to prosecute in cases regarding their popular pesticide, RoundUp. But more than 40 California communities aren't waiting for the courts or the legislature to take action, but instead passing local ordinances restricting the use of Roundup in their communities. 

Here’s how manufacturers argue against repair.

Monday, July 1, 2019
By | Nathan Proctor
Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

In March, the FTC announced a new workshop called “Nixing the Fix,” which will investigate how companies “limit repairs by consumers and repair shops and whether those limitations affect consumer protection, including consumers’ rights.” Last week, the FTC posted submitted comments for it's Nixing the Fix workshop, and by reviewing those comments, it's clear that manufacturers and their lobbying associations are doubling down on their arguments.

Consumer Privacy Fight In Congress Intensifies

Tuesday, June 11, 2019
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

The media are reporting that efforts led by BigTech and BigPhone to push Congress to enact a self-serving umbrella privacy law on Capitol Hill are stalling. But that's only for now; they are still pushing hard. Pushback from legislators with stronger state laws is helping slow them down. So are the welcome efforts of civil rights colleagues to demand that digital and algorithmic decisions not discriminate. There's an important civil rights briefing later this afternoon on Capitol Hill. Learn more. 

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