The Philadelphia Inquirer ran this excellent opinion piece on August 3. Here’s an excerpt: Credit card and mortgage consumers need help to level the playing field. By Adam Benforado The $3-trillion-a-year consumer financial-services industry wants you to play a game with them, one on one.
Americans for Financial Reform (“AFR”) is a coalition of nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights organizations who seek meaningful reform of our banking and financial system. A list of the AFR coalition members is attached. AFR writes to
NTIC Community Meetings with the Federal Reserve July 16 – August 22 July 14- Click Here to view the day’s Events in Support of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency June 24- 5:30 PM, Taxpayer-Shareholder Protest Meeting at Bank of America HQ, San Francisco. We’ll rally at
H.R. 3269 “Say on Pay” passed today with a vote of 237 to 185. Two Republicans voted for it, and 16 Democrats voted against. Washington D.C. – In the wake of the New York Attorney General report that top banks that got billions in taxpayer bailout
July 28, 2009 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner United States Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Secretary Geithner: As consumer, community and faith‐based organizations working to stop preventable foreclosures, we are deeply concerned by the slow pace at which many
Organized by Americans for Financial Reform and their coalition partners, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and PICO National Network, held a press conference today highlighting testimony from homeowners whose lenders continue to drag their feet performing loan modifications, despite the Administration’s plan
Americans for Financial Reform has been fighting for over a year to fix our economy, protect consumers, and prevent another economic meltdown. Now, we’re turning our attention to getting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau off to the powerful start it needs by supporting Professor Elizabeth
By Jessica Yellin CNN National Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (CNN) — If you hold a credit card, mortgage or a student loan, Congress is considering a new agency designed to give you a lot more protection. Congress is considering a new agency designed to give consumers
To find out who your Representative is and how to contact him/her, go to this site. Write, email or call your Member of Congress and tell him or her: “I support the creation of a new agency – one that’s accountable to the public, and