Credit Counseling

Press Releases

Studies

 

Testimony and Comments

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 Educational Resources

• Consumer Debt Tips- English, 1/4/10. (PDF)

• Consumer Debt Tips- Spanish, 1/4/10. (PDF)

 

Press Releases

• Beware of Debt Settlement Trap: Consumer Groups Offer Tips on Getting Real Relief, 1/26/10. (PDF)

• Consumer Groups Applaud FTC's Proposed Rules for Debt Relief Services,  11/3/09. (PDF)
  
• CFA and American Express Report on First Phase of Research on Consumer Credit Counseling Effectiveness, 06/12/06. (PDF)

• Firms Under Assault For Abusive Practices Find New Lease On Life: For-Profit Credit Counseling, 03/21/05. (Read More)

• Survey Finds Lack of Consumer Understanding About Credit Counseling, 12/01/03. (PDF)

• First-Ever Study of Credit Counseling Finds High Fees, Bad Advice and Other Abuses by New Breed of "Non-Profit" Agencies, 04/09/03. (Read More)

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Studies

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Credit Counseling, Phase One: The Impact of Delivery Channels for Credit Counseling Services, 06/12/06. (PDF)

• Credit Counseling in Crisis: The Impact on Consumers of Funding Credit Counseling in Crisis: Cuts, Higher Fees, and Aggressive New Market Entrants Placement, 04/08/03. (PDF)

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Testimony and Comments

• Consumer Groups Comment on Debt Relief Amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 10/16/09. (PDF)

• Testimony of Travis Plunkett before the Senate Commerce Committee on Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis, 02/26/09, [PDF]

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