A pay-up and shut-up deal for the banks
By Philip Stephens
Published: January 31 2011 19:50 | Last updated: January 31 2011 19:50
It is time to make Britain’s banks an offer they cannot refuse.
Politicians, regulators and the …

Halfway to the CFPB:
An AFR Progress Report on
“Standing Up” the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Summary:
CFPB Implementation Team staff are making significant progress in their efforts to both build an effective agency and be ready to …

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EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT AVOIDABLE FORECLOSURES AND BOOST
THE ECONOMY
Servicers should be required to make cost effective loan modifications and these should include principal reductions. When a loan modification will produce a …

“In-Laws and Outlaws”
Remarks of Commissioner Bart Chilton of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to Americans for Financial Reform
December 14, 2010
Thanks for the opportunity to be with you today to talk about something I know has …

Dear Colleagues,
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition has filed twenty two fair lending complaints to the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity challenging FHA lenders discriminatory policies …

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Americans for Financial Reform
1629 K St NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC, 20006
202.466.1885
February 10th. 2011
The Honorable Timothy Geithner
Secretary
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
CC: Chairman …