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CFPA and Nonbanks: A Snapshot
March 12, 2010 – 4:16 pm | Comments Off

Our friends at the National Consumer Law Center have put together a great two-page report on the dire need for federal regulation of non-bank lenders.  The report focuses on the problems created by the current …

Jeff Gelles on Why We Need an Independent CFPA
March 12, 2010 – 4:03 pm | Comments Off

Columnist Jeff Gelles recently wrote this piece about the importance of creating an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).  He focuses on the way current regulators, specifically the OCC, failed to do anything to effectively …

Sign the Petition to Hold Big Banks Accountable
March 11, 2010 – 11:49 am | Comments Off
Sign the Petition to Hold Big Banks Accountable

Sign our latest petition to hold big banks accountable!

Urge your Senators to support financial reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.  Write to your Senators today and ask them to resist the Wall Street lobbyists, …

AFR: Senators Merkley and Levin Work to Prevent Wall Street from Betting Our Savings
March 10, 2010 – 12:45 pm | Comments Off

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement about the Protect our Recovery through Oversight of Proprietary Trading Act (or PROP Trading Act).

Heather Booth, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform: …