FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 15, 2011           
CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854
john@ourfinancialsecurity.org        
  
AFR Statement on Markup of FY12 Financial Services and General Gov’t Appropriations Bill

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than …

Read AFR’s letter urging members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to vote “No” on any amendments that would undermine the CFPB through the appropriations process.

Click here to view AFR’s comment letter to the SEC  regarding the study on assigned credit ratings for structured finance products mandated by section 939F (Franken Amendment) of Dodd-Frank.  We said it is vitally important …

Swap Lobbyists Pushing SEC Version of Trading Rules Over CFTC
Jesse Hamilton and Silla Brush (Bloomberg)
September 9, 2011
“In a match made in Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission are supposed to …

Tell Your Senators to vote to support the nomination of Rich Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
 

Rich Cordray will make an effective leader for the CFPB. He has an impressive and balanced record …

Click here to view an August 29 letter from the Federal Reserve asking Capital One Financial Corp. where businesses overlap and what their market share is in these areas.