The Consumer Resources section provides information and tools to help you make informed financial decisions and take control of your finances. It also offers a defense against fraud and deception.
Help for Consumers
It can be difficult to manage your money. Regardless of what you already know about money, there’s always more to learn, and there’s no time like the present.
- New Guide for Preventing Elder Financial Abuse in English and Spanish and Quick Reference Handout in English and Spanish.
- Hot topics for consumer protection
- Your Financial Well-being Begins with Your Health – Avoid COVID-19 Scams
- Financial Health Begins at Home – Understanding Your Mortgage Payment Options During COVID-19
- Financial Health Begins at Home – Finding Help with Your Rent Payments During COVID-19
- Shopping Online – Buy What You Need Not What They Sell
- Pick the Right Card – It’s a Choice not a Magic Trick
- Teach Your Children Well – Budgeting for Babies
- Read answers to COVID-19 FAQs
- Access resources from the CFPB: Consumer Resources Overview
- Learn more about Managing Money & Debt
- Protect yourself from Identity Theft.
- Learn about what to do when contacted by a collector.
- Learn how the various government laws and regulations protect you.
- Estimate the cost and payments for everything from college, to a car, to saving for your retirement.