Credit Card Help Center: Resources

Places to file compaints at. Books for further information.

Credit Card Franchising Organizations

U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups)
218 D Street SE,
Washington DC 20003
Phone: 202-546-9797
Email: uspirg@pirg.org
California PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups)
11965 Venice Blvd., Suite 408
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone: 310-397-3404
Consumer Action
116 Montgomery St., Suite 233,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-777-9635
Privacy Rights Clearing House
1717 Ketter Ave., Suite 105,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-298-3396

Office of Thrift Supervision
Division of Consumer Affairs
1700 G Street NW,
Washington DC 20552
Phone: 202-906-6237, 800-842-6929
Federal Reserve Board
Division of Consumer and Community Affairs
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington DC 20551
Phone: 202-452-3693
Federal Trade Commission
Division of Credit Practices
Washington DC 20580
Phone: 202-326-3128, 202-326-3761
National Credit Union Administration
Public and Congressional Affairs
1775 Duke Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-518-6330

Your Bank is Ripping You Off!
by Edward Mrkvicka, 1999
Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit
by Robert D. Manning, 2001
Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt!: Phone Calls to Banks That Saved More Than $43,000 in Interest Charges and Fees
by Scott Bilker, 2003
Credit Card Debt: Reduce Your Financial Burden In Three Easy Steps
by Alexander Daskaloff, 1999

Consumer Action News
116 Montgomery St., Suite 233,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-777-9635
Consumer Credit and Truth-in-Lending Compliance Report
210 South St.,
Boston, MA 02111
Credit Card Management
11 Penn Plaza, 17th Floor,
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 800-535-8403
NCLC Reports, National Consumer Law Center
18 Tremont St.,
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-523-8010
Nilsen Report
300 Esplanade Dr., Suite 1790
Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone: 805-983-0448
Privacy Journal
P.O. Box: 28577,
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-274-7861