Americans for Financial Reform and our partners sent these letters (House, Senate, both links are PDFs) to Congress stating our strong support for overdraft reform. New bills introduced in the House and Senate take dramatic steps to protect consumers from sneaky overdraft loans. You can
What exactly is going on with the economy? Stocks are up and big bonuses are back, but while they’re throwing parties on Wall Street, there’s pain on Main Street. One out of every six workers is unemployed or underemployed, according to government statistics – the
On Tuesday November 17, Damon Silvers of the AFL-CIO will debate Ed Yingling of the American Bankers Association about how best to reform America’s financial system. The event will be hosted by the Aspen Institute: Moderated by President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, Walter
Chicago Showdown It was a Showdown in Chicago! Organized by National People’s Action, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a coalition of organizations from across the nation, thousands of people fed-up with outrageous bank fees, sky-rocketing credit card interest rates, and a shameful national foreclosure
Chairman Dodd introduces legislation that sets us on a path to rein in Wall Street, put in protections for Main Street and work to ensure the big banks can not bring our economy to brink of collapse again DATE: November 10, 2009 AFR Applauds Chairman
By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal November 06, 2009, 4:00PM Members of New Jersey Citizen Action picketed in Jersey City outside the Exchange Place offices of AIG today protesting bonuses already paid and those promised to workers at the company that was central to the financial
The financial crisis has affected us all — but some groups have been hurt more than others. Find out more by reading these brief reports and learn how a comprehensive regulatory system will promote financial stability and protect all of us from unfair practices that
Watch now! You want credit reform? Try this credit reform, now with amazing mandatory offers and a credit company protection plan! Mark Fiore created this animation. The Wall Street Journal dubbed him “the undisputed guru of the form.” He creates political animation from an undisclosed
Forty Attorneys General sent this letter (PDF) to Congress regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The AGs argued that the CFPA should not limit the states’ role in consumer protection. Excerpt: Rather than limiting the states’ role in consumer financial protection as some have advocated,
On November 3, 2009, this letter was sent from public pension funds to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank in support of the Waters-Peters Amendment to the Investor Protection Act of 2009. Click here for the letter.