Diane Standaert

Scene in online eviction court today: Landlord tells the judge,"She applied for the rent relief program. I haven't given the program the information they asked for.I don't want their money. Even if I got the money, I'd give it back." Judge granted landlord's request to evict her.

Today @FTC sued Greystar, the nation’s largest multi-family rental property manager, for advertising deceptively low monthly rents only to later saddle tenants with hundreds of dollars of hidden junk fees. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

@CFPB As local banks get gobbled up or shut down, dollar stores and supermarket chains can gain the power to charge fees for cash. @CFPB will be working to ensure that consumers and business across the country can have a free option to access their own money. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/…

@CFPB Our analysis found that three big retailers -- Kroger, Dollar Tree, and Dollar General -- earn $90 million per year in these cash-back fees. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Many retailers have long offered a free "cashback" option when you pay with a debit card and want some extra cash. But that's changing. Today, a new @CFPB analysis reveals that dollar stores and other big chains are now charging fees for cashback. cnn.com/2024/08/27/bus…

If you want to understand some of the ways that private equity-owned companies are pushing up the cost of housing, here's a good example. Today, @TheJusticeDept and several states sued @RealPage for its algorithmic collusion scheme to drive up rents. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

During the subprime mortgage crisis, predatory lending destroyed people’s financial lives. Today, the @CFPB is acting to ensure that a form of home lending that targets religious communities, known as “contract for deed,” doesn’t follow the same path. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Today, the @FDICgov Board of Directors met to vote on several important issues, including the final rule implementing the Community Reinvestment Act, final guidance on climate-related risks in the banking system, and a proposed rule on lifetime banking bans.

Today, the @CFPB sued the Southern lending conglomerate for illegally churning loans and harvesting fees from their customers. The companies identified people struggling to repay their loans and aggressively pushed them to refinance into high-cost loans. consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Data brokers control our most personal information and sell it to anyone that’s willing to pay for someone’s every intimate detail, including scammers. With artificial intelligence, there are even more financial incentives to snoop.

This week, the @CFPB was in New Mexico to learn about financial issues facing people across the state. We heard about the profound effect of junk fees, medical debt, housing shortages, and more.

The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument became the country’s 425th national park today, on the 82nd anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth. The new national monument includes sites in the Mississippi Delta and in Chicago. Learn more at: ow.ly/NNcx50Plb9n

Today, the @CFPB is ordering @BankofAmerica to pay more than $100 million to harmed customers and $90 million in penalties for wrongfully withholding credit card rewards, double-dipping on fees, and opening accounts without consent. $BAC consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsr…

Certain threats to consumers require a coordinated international response. We are working together to address the risks posed by Big Tech companies entering finance; ensure safe and competitive payments infrastructure for our economies; and promote financial stability.

#Renters: How have application and screening fees affected your housing options? Submit a comment on the joint FTC-CFPB tenant screening Request for Information by 5/30/23: bit.ly/3Jh4ON9 More: bit.ly/3JCfcAv #renting #housing

#OnThisDay 1968, #MLK delivered his last speech, supporting striking sanitation workers. “Masses of people are rising up” in Africa, #NYC, Jackson MS & Memphis. “The cry is always the same — ‘We want to be free.’” He was assassinated the next day. mississippitoday.org/2023/04/03/on-…

It is with an extremely heavy heart that we have to report that Jacqueline "Cookie" Hamer Flakes passed away today. She was 56. Jackie was the last living child of Pap and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Photojournalists @MSTODAYnews have spent the day in several of the Mississippi towns that were devastated by last night's tornadoes. Some of these photos from @EricJShelton and Vickie D. King are just gut-wrenching. Gonna share some here. mississippitoday.org/2023/03/25/tor…

Tornadoes ripping through Mississippi Friday night left at least 23 dead, four missing, dozens injured and a trail of destruction throughout the Delta and into the east central regions. mississippitoday.org/2023/03/25/at-…

A truly devastating evening of tornadoes through the Mississippi Delta last night.

Modern data surveillance practices have allowed companies to hover over our digital lives and monetize our most sensitive data.