Federal Trade Commission

• Act Locally: Protect Your Identity Week Begins Across U.S.

  By Marc Rapport  |  October 18, 2010

  It's Protect Your Identity Week all across the land, with more than 175 local events planned, including educational workshops, credit report checks, cell phone recycling and free document shredding.

• FTC Study Finds Electronic ATM Alarms Likely No Real Help

  By David Morrison  |  September 20, 2010

  A study from the Federal Trade Commission has found insufficient evidence that installing electronic alarm systems at ATMs would do much to prevent or deter crime at the cash machines.

• NAFCU Holding Webinar on FACT Act

  By Claude R. Marx  |  August 27, 2010

  Credit union employees wanting to learn more about the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act rule on risk-based pricing can participate in NAFCU's Sept. 8 webcast.

• Matz Attends First Meeting of Consumer Agency Planning Group

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 30, 2010

  NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz attended the first meeting of a committee that will probably cause her agency to lose personnel.

• Social Media Chaos Creates Opportunities

  July 21, 2010

  Last night I was chatting with an old high school friend on Facebook who I hadn't spoken to in years. With the expansion of social media we were able to reconnect.

• CFPB: A Positive for Consumers and Financials

  July 14, 2010

  In the financial services legislation being considered by Congress, of greatest interest to consumers is the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

• Consumer Groups Want the NCUA to Crack Down on Payday Lending

  By David Morrison  |  July 7, 2010

  The National Consumer Law Center and Consumers Union have urged the NCUA to crack down on what they charge are overly expensive credit union branded payday loan products.

• NAFCU Presses FTC to Lift Premerger Notice

  July 7, 2010

  NAFCU is renewing its push with the Federal Trade Commission to give federal credit unions an exemption from premerger notification rules and accompanying fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

• NAFCU Pushes FTC to Lift Premerger Notice, Fees

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 29, 2010

  NAFCU is pressing its case with the Federal Trade Commission this week to grant federal credit unions an exemption from premerger notification and related fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino act.

• Durbin's Sparkling Interchange Fix Just Hides Legislative Substance

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  June 9, 2010

  Interchange remains the topic du jour. Many pieces of this issue are puzzling, not the least of which is the process in which it came about. Namely, there wasn't one.