FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2011
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org

AFR Statement on Markup of FY 2012 Agriculture Budget
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together …

AFR submitted a comment letter calling on the FSOC to change its proposed rules for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to better ensure the public’s access to information from financial regulators.

AFR submitted a comment letter on the FSOC’s rule establishing standards for the designation of Financial Market Utilities (FMUs). The letter generally agreed with the broad designation standards, but called on the FSOC to rapidly designate key existing FMUs for enhanced prudential oversight.

Read the bulletin here.

For Immediate Release:
May 26, 2011
Contacts:
NCLC: Lauren Saunders, 202-452-6252 ext. 105; lsaunders@nclc.org;
AFR: John Carey, 202-466-3311; john@financialsecurity.org
OCC Again Chooses Interests of Banks Over Consumers and States
Consumer, Civil Rights Groups Attack New Proposed Rule Preempting State Consumer …

Read the group letter signed by AFR and other consumer and civil rights groups to the CFPB here.