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The Dos and Don'ts of Campus Banking

Tuesday, October 2, 2012
By | Celeste Meiffren
Consumer and Taxpayer Advocate

Given the confused campus card marketplace, students often have a hard time finding the right card and end up with an account littered with fees and inconveniences. Here is a list of Dos and Don'ts to enable students to navigate the marketplace and be aware of the tricks and traps of these cards.

Discover Card Pays Deceptive Marketing Penalty

Monday, September 24, 2012
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director

Discover Card has paid a $14 million civil penalty to the CFPB and FDIC, plus refunded over $200 million to ripped-off consumers, in the latest case involving useless, junk credit insurance and credit monitoring add-ons that consumers didn't buy-- but paid for.

A wake-up call on health insurance costs

Friday, August 3, 2012
By | Jesse Ellis O'Brien
Health Care Advocate

Governor Kitzhaber’s office just released a report that should serve as a wake-up call for everyone in Oregon who is affected by the rising cost of health insurance.

This report just underlines what we’ve been saying all along—that it’s time to get serious about the cost of health care.

Farm Bill is a giveaway to Big Ag

Thursday, June 21, 2012
By | David Rosenfeld
Executive Director

Disappointingly, the U.S. Senate passed a version of the Farm Bill today that continues to send billions of tax dollars to giant agribusinesses. It is now up to our House representatives to ensure that real reform happens.

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