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The Center for Responsible Lending
A key federal regulator for years has let national banks engage in lending practices that the regulator itself admits harm consumers and lenders, according to two new reports …

“The big money is back on Wall Street” – New York Times, 2/23/10

Advocates Take to the Web to Weigh in to Restrain Banks from Rewarding Risky Behavior

Washington, DC – In …

James Crotty, Gerald Epstein, and Iren Levina have co-authored an article regarding financial reform, the “Volcker Rule,” and the real cost of propriety trading.  Here is the introduction to the article:
President Obama’s endorsement of the …

The “Move Your Money” campaign got an extra boost this morning as it was mentioned on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Organizers of the campaign, which encourages consumers to move their money out of the big banks and …

The Pew Research Center recently found that a majority of Americans supports government regulation of financial companies.  Read their full results here,  and here are excepts from the findings:
While the public is wary of too …

Americans for Financial Reform sent the following letter to members of the Senate Banking Committee, urging them to create real protections for investors:
February 16, 2010
Dear Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby and members of the Committee:
As …