NACA in the News: Millions will get their relief payment via debt card. That’s good…and bad

Marketplace Millions will get their relief payment via debt card. That’s good…and bad. “The cards also come with terms of service. And Ira Rheingold, executive director of the National Association…

Groups Renew Call to Oppose Business Immunity in COVID-19 Relief Package

NACA joined a coalition of 142 public interest groups on a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing liability shields for unsafe businesses in any new COVID-19 relief packages. The letter…

NACA Joins Letter Thanking Senator Sherrod Brown for His Strong Stance on Fintech

NACA joined a letter from public interest groups to Senator Sherrod Brown thanking him for his commitment to ensuring fintech companies are required to follow the same rules as traditional…

How Do Credit Cards Work?

Next Advisor, How Do Credit Cards Work? “‘There is lots of money to be made by the credit card companies by charging this interest,’ says Ira Rheingold, executive director with the National Association…

238 Public Interest Groups Urge President-Elect Biden to Cancel Student Debt

A group of 238 community, civil rights, climate, health, consumer, labor, and student advocacy organizations sent a letter to President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris urging the use of executive authority…

NACA in the News: Can debt collectors contact me on social media?

Bankrate Can debt collectors contact me on social media? “In a joint release put out by a group of consumer advocates, Christine Hines, legislative director at the National Association of…

NACA in the News: COVID-19 worsens debt collector harassment

Amsterdam News COVID-19 worsens debt collector harassment “‘The devil is in the details, and we will have to scour this complicated rule to make sure that it does not open…

Consumer Groups Urge CFPB to Stop Enforcement Reorganization Plan

NACA joined 82 other public interest organizations on a letter urging CFPB Director Kathleen Kraninger to abandon a plan to reorganize the Bureau’s Division of Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending.…

NACA in the News: North Texas Great-Grandmother Comes ‘Back to Life’ After Social Security Administration Declared Her Dead

CBS DFW North Texas Great-Grandmother Comes ‘Back to Life’ After Social Security Administration Declared Her Dead “‘It’s interesting the they have the recommendations… and yet they refuse to do,’ says…