Letters to Regulators: Letter to CFPB on Need for Greater Debt Collection Protections for LEP Consumers
Letter from 26 groups to the CFPB urging the agency to strengthen protections for LEP consumers in the next part of the debt collection rule.
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New Report: Where Members of the 116th Congress Stand on Financial Reform
The November 2020 version of “Where Members of the 116th Congress Stand on Financial Reform” documents how Members voted on over thirty legislative measures concerning consumer protections, housing, Wall Street and the financial industry, from January 2019 to November 2020.
Letter to Regulators: Letter to the Small Business Administration urging them to maintain strong information collection requirements under the Paycheck Protection Program
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) and Main Street Alliance (MSA) respectfully urge the Small Business Administration (SBA) to maintain the information collection under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) new Loan Necessity Questionnaire for recipients and encourage the SBA to support robust supplemental disclosure requirements for PPP recipients.
SIGN-ON LETTER: 15 Organizations Support Sen. Brown for Standing Up for Consumers in the Face of Fintech Overreach
Thank you for your strong commitment to opposing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s efforts to help tech companies dodge regulatory oversight, mix commerce and banking activities, and avoid compliance with consumer protection laws.
News Release: Yellen Nomination Creates Potential for Ambitious Financial Reform Agenda
The Treasury Secretary has the authority to drive an ambitious agenda for economic, racial, and climate justice, and to use financial regulation as an important tool of that work. As Yellen has herself noted in recent remarks, this moment of crisis has made it particularly clear that a new administration needs to not only undo the dangerous Trump administration deregulation of Wall Street, but also move well beyond the preceding status quo.
Policy Recommendations: Recommendations for Systemic Reform to Create a Safe and Just Financial System
AFR released a recommended set of systemic reforms outlining steps to create a safe and just financial system. These include both reversing the deregulation of the Trump years and taking positive steps to create a far more secure and inclusive financial system. The full document
News Release: Kraninger Record at CFPB Warrants Immediate Firing After Jan. 20
Kraninger should resign, but if she does not her record makes it overwhelmingly clear that the incoming administration needs to fire her as soon as President-Elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20 and replace her with an acting director who will steer the CFPB back to fulfilling its mission.
Report: Kraninger Lets Industry “Drive the Agenda” at CFPB, Even During COVID-19 Pandemic
Kathleen Kraninger, the current director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told an audience of bankers at a November 2019 industry gathering that “you are really helping drive the agenda.” Unfortunately for the public and for consumer financial protection, the Kraninger agenda and the Wall Street lobby’s priorities are indeed all too similar, even during the COVID-19 pandemic and massive economic distress.
In The News: Opinion: Easy money requires tougher financial regulation (MarketWatch)
Looser monetary policy is a dangerous combination paired with the aggressive weakening of financial regulation by Jerome Powell’s Fed
Letter to Regulators: SEC Should Withdraw Proposed “Finders” Exemption to Broker-Dealer Regulation
By creating a blanket exemption for a broadly defined group of “finders” to effectively act as solicitors and brokers in private investment markets without being subject to any of the requirements on registered broker-dealers as regards disclosure, qualifications, obligations to customers, pricing, record-keeping, business conduct, financial resources, or compliance with FINRA rules, the Commission would abrogate its responsibilities to protect investors and to maintain fair and orderly markets.