Event: Stop Wall Street Looting Act Allies Briefing
Ricardo Valadez from Americans for Financial Reform and Jessica Newman from United for Respect co-hosted a Stop Walls Street Looting Act allies briefing.
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Letters to Regulators: Letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Need for Pre-Foreclosure Protections in 2022
AFREF joined a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra urging for pre-foreclosure protections in 2022 due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
News Release: Groups Tell Treasury To Act Now on Climate Risk
Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) released detailed policy recommendations today to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for its forthcoming report on climate-related financial risk.
News Release: Labor Department: Retirement Plans and Pensions Right To Consider Sustainability, Jobs, Equity, Workers
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) applauds the Labor Department for issuing this proposal to better allow and encourage retirement plans and pensions to consider sustainability factors like workers’ rights, racial justice, corporate governance, and climate change when investing.
Letters to Regulators: Letter to CFPB Expressing Concerns About the Treatment of Earned Wage Access Products
AFREF joined a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra expressing concerns about the treatment of earned wage access products.
News Release: Statement: AFR Applauds Administration’s Overhaul of the Broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) applauds the Department of Education’s recent announcement that it will take steps needed to overhaul the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
Letters to Congress: Letter in Support of Several Investor Protection Bills
AFR sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee expressing support for several draft bills that would provide great investor protection ahead of the October 5 oversight hearing of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In The News: DeJoy’s plan to make U.S. mail slower and more expensive reignites calls for his ouster
“I would say that there is a history of dumping on the postal service, and Congress certainly hasn’t helped the situation over the years,” said Porter McConnell, campaign director of Take on Wall Street, co-founder of the Save the Post Office coalition. “That said, stepping into this history in Louis DeJoy, uniquely ill-suited to the moment.”
News Release: AFR Applauds the Confirmation of Rohit Chopra to the CFPB
AFR applauds the confirmation of Rohit Chopra as Director of the CFPB.
Fact Sheet: Bank Supervision and Climate Risk
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and partners Public Citizen, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Center for American Progress released a white paper outlining the key elements that federal bank regulators—including the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration—can and should incorporate into public supervisory guidance for banks on assessing and addressing the risks faced by banks from climate change.