Do you ever look at your bank statement and wonder where all your money went? The culprit might not be… Image source: 123rf.com Do you ever look at your bank statement and wonder where all your money ...

Subscription-based business models have become increasingly popular in recent years. According to a 2024 Bango survey of 5,000 U.S. subscribers, the average subscriber has 4.5 subscriptions, which ...

Questionable practices have become common among sellers of subscription-based services. A new rule would have required sellers to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them, but it ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission tried to make it easy to cancel subscription services in 2023. The judiciary threw it out earlier this year, just before it was scheduled to go into effect, ...

What just happened? A court decision temporarily halted the rollout of the FTC's click-to-cancel rule last month, but the drive for greater transparency and simplicity for consumers navigating the ...

“Click-to-cancel” is canceled for now, but consumers have some options while some lawmakers make a push to revive the effort to make it just as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to ...

Apple is expanding the capability of its In-App Purchase framework with a new retention messaging API. This means, for the first time, developers will be able to show offers to users when they go to ...

Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic ...

BALTIMORE — A federal rule designed to make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions was blocked by a court just days before it was set to take effect. John Letard knows the frustration all too ...

Amazon Prime is the target of another scam that results in your personal information being stolen. Scammers just keep leveling up their game. Most recently, Amazon has warned its 200 million customers ...

The "Click to Cancel" rule was proposed by the FCC last fall to make unsubscribing from a service as easy as signing up. It was supposed to help consumers avoid things like this: "I want to cancel." ...