JPMorgan prepares for D.C.’s worst 
By: Anna Palmer (POLITICO)
May 14, 2012
The scandal is also expected to reinvigorate supporters of stricter regulations for the financial services industry, particularly among those who feel the industry has been overly dismissive …

London’s “Whale” Loses $2 Billion for JPMorgan
BY MARLENE Y. SATTER, ADVISORONE
May 11, 2012
“These losses underline the need for a strong Volcker Rule to prevent risky proprietary trading,” Americans for Financial Reform said in a statement. “Regulators …

FDIC Seeks to End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bailouts
ABC News May 10
Marcus Stanley, policy director of Americans for Financial reform, a public interest coalition in favor of financial reform based in Washington D.C., said there …

AFR sent a letter to members of congress, urging them to oppose the “Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012″, which would end the Home Affordable Mortgage Program (HAMP), repeal the resolution authority granted to the FDIC to liquidate failing financial institutions, eliminate the Office of Financial Research, and eliminate the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by making it the only bank regulatory agency subject to the appropriations process.

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL REFORM – May 9, 2012
Presented by: Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Progressive Reform, Economic Policy Institute, Public Citizen
AGENDA:
 
PANEL 1: Cost Benefit Analysis and Legal Challenges to Dodd Frank 9:00 …

AFR sent a letter to Senator Sherrod Brown, pledging our support for “The Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Efficient Banking Act of 2012.” The SAFE Banking Act would limit the total size of any banking institution and impose a leverage limit of 10 to 1, and thus ensure that all of our financial institutions are fully exposed to market discipline.