Getty Images “Companies cannot force workers into getting paid through accounts that drain their earnings with junk fees,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement. Representatives for ...

The Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning junk fees, affecting travel companies and highlighting the push for federal standards. The inclusion of the junk fees law in the year-end funding ...

An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to ...

Grubhub is now required to show customers the full cost of delivery and can no longer add “junk fees” to orders. It’s also banned from listing unaffiliated restaurants on the platform ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced a final rule banning hotels and ticketing and short-term rental companies from including hidden junk fees in their total price on Tuesday. Rather than ...

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A new junk fees rule takes aim at hidden fees on hotels, vacation rentals and event booking sites. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to or ...

The rule is one of the final pieces of President Joe Biden's wide-ranging crackdown on junk fees that drive up consumer costs without providing visible benefits. "We all know the experience of ...

A new Federal Trade Commission rule aims to put a stop to such surprise charges by banning so-called junk fees on short-term lodging as well as on tickets to live events. The rule bans businesses ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday banned surprise junk fees for ticketing platforms, vacation rental sites and hotel fees, deeming the practice “unfair” and “deceptive.” ...

Dec. 17 (UPI) --In a political win for the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday approved its final policy rule to ban so-called junk fees for tickets and hotels.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission passed a rule on Tuesday banning hidden “junk fees” for live events, hotels, and vacation rentals. The agency says the new rule prohibits “bait-and-switch ...