AFR fights to change the expectations of what financial regulation must do, advance a bold agenda to take on Wall Street and corporate power, and shift scores of financial rules to better protect the public interest.
Search below to view our past congressional testimonies, letters to congress, amicus briefs, and letters to regulators.
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Letters to the Regulators: AFREF Opposes Effort to Give Crypto, Fintech, and Big Tech Platforms New Bank Charters
AFREF submitted comments opposing the Office of Comptroller of the Currency’s effort to grant novel bank charters to cryptocurrency, financial technology, and Big Tech platforms. Congress never intended for national bank trust charters to be used by any company that wanted one. The creation of new bank charters ignores congressional intent, violates federal banking law, and contravenes a century of regulatory history and judicial precedent.
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Stand Up to the Crypto Billionaires
→ Take Action : Stand Up to the Crypto BillionairesAfter aggressive lobbying and an influx of campaign money from the crypto industry and its billionaire backers, the Senate is poised to take up legislation that would cement a massive deregulatory giveaway to the crypto billionaires.
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