WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its Overdraft Lending Rule on Thursday. If implemented, the final rule would require banks, when levying overdraft fees that ...

The rule closes a loophole that exempted overdraft fees from lending laws, but is expected to face challenges.

Here are five tactics retailers use to get you to spend more, according to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a ...

"Generally, we expect you can save 20% off a new product and then an additional 10% for each year," explains Lucas Gutterman of U.S. PIRG. He showed us a refurbished Galaxy S23 as an example.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report on Tuesday that found 89% of smart products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates.

A national watchdog warns that when digital storefronts imply an item is scarce, it might or might not be, so anxious ...

International sellers are utilizing “legal loopholes” to ship unsafe toys into the United States, MassPIRG officials say.

In PIRG’s Trouble in Toyland 2024 report, consumer advocates found that there's a loophole allowing unsafe toys to get into the U.S. and subsequently into your home.

The public interest advocacy group PIRG is now campaigning for Microsoft to extend the Windows 10 support extension now ...