When you’re the victim of fraud, theft, or unauthorized financial transactions in games, submit a complaint at consumerfinance.gov/complaint.

Today, the CFPB confirmed that Buy Now, Pay Later lenders must provide consumers legal protections that apply to conventional credit cards, including a right to dispute charges and demand a refund after returning a product. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

The CFPB is launching a cross-government hiring effort to embed technical experts across multiple agencies that share a variety of consumer protection, competition, and civil rights authorities. Learn about this opportunity: consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/…

A new CFPB analysis explores how recent changes to the reporting of medical collections tradelines have affected the financial health of consumers who had medical collections tradelines on their credit records prior to the changes. consumerfinance.gov/data-research/…

Scammers are impersonating employees from Federal Student Aid and U.S. Department of Education. Find out about this and other student loan forgiveness scams in this post from the FTC. consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alert…

Today, the CFPB sued SoLo Funds for deceiving borrowers about the total cost of loans. Despite advertising zero-interest loans, SoLo’s use of dark patterns ensures that almost every borrower pays a fee, in the form of a “tip” or “donation.” consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Reminder: If you work with low-income or economically vulnerable populations, encourage them to file a simple return for tax year 2020. Many low- and moderate-income workers may be eligible for tax credits like the EITC if not already claimed in 2020. irs.gov/newsroom/time-…

Statement on today's Supreme Court decision: consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

If you’re having trouble with fraud, theft, or unauthorized transactions while gaming, submit a complaint at consumerfinance.gov/complaint.

Last chance: Don’t forget to RSVP for the Consumer Advisory Board meeting happening tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET. See topics of discussion for this meeting and RSVP now:
surveys.consumerfinance.gov/jfe/form/SV_ah…

Almost 940,000 people have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but must submit their tax returns by May 17 to claim them. If you work with low-income populations, encourage them to file a simple return if they didn’t do so in tax year 2020.
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