Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program
RIPIRG Latest Blog Posts
12/27/2021
The CFPB is looking at the impact of Big Tech's entry into the payments space. It asked Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Paypal (owner of Venmo) and Square (owner of Cash App) for answers. PIRG and the Center for Digital Democracy have filed a comment on the threats Big Tech entry poses to consumers, competitors and the banking system. This blog also links to comments by other colleagues.
Cover image Fintech by CafeCredit.com via Flickr, some rights reserved.
12/21/2021
12/19/2021
Last week U.S. district court judge Colleen McMahon disrupted a bankruptcy judge’s approval of a Sackler plan to hide most of the family’s billions as part of the corporate bankruptcy of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, a firm controlled by the family. We support the draft Sackler Act, which would expressly prohibit such a scheme by non-debtors.
Cover graphic above by Mike Licht via Flickr; Some rights reserved.
12/16/2021
Most airlines are only offering vouchers, not refunds, when passengers cancel their flights due to concerns about COVID-19.
Keep your family safe from gas stove air pollution with this new guide from U.S. PIRG Education Fund
12/13/2021
11/22/2021
The CFPB has asked BigTech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, and Square to answer questions about their payment system practices. The CFPB has also asked consumers, small businesses and others for comments (including complaints), which are due on December 6. Learn more.
Graphic from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine's first crawl of the new CFPB's new website, February 8, 2011.