For Immediate Release April 19, 2010 AFR Statement on the Derivatives and Overall Banking Legislation Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “A year-and-a-half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million
The Military Coalition, a consortium of nationally prominent military and veterans organizations representing more than 5.5 million current and former service members and their families, has written to Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby about the need for better protections against auto dealers and their lending
Heather Booth, Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform, released the following statement today about a strong and independent CFPA: “AFR supports the creation of a strong and independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency. We haven’t seen a real proposal for this yet. When we see
Women Executives Push the Consumer Financial Protection Agency on the Hill Business Women Tell Senators the CFPA is Both Women Consumers and Business Women Washington, DC – On Tuesday March 2, 2010, a dozen senior women executives from Wall Street and major United States companies
Business Organizations to Senate: Don’t Drop Consumer Financial Protection Agency U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S. Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, American Made Alliance, Business for Shared Prosperity, Main Street Alliance, American Business Leaders for Financial Reform and Small
For Immediate Release February 28, 2010 Banking committee Chairman Dodd has prepared an outline setting out a revised proposal for a consumer protection agency. “We appreciate Chairman Dodd’s extensive efforts to secure bipartisan support for this critical part of the financial reform bill, but effective
From AFR Coalition Member 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 from the Center for Responsible Lending. For the
Senate and Administration Cannot Let Big Bank Lobbyists Win By Stripping Out Or Watering Down CFPA Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, investor, civil rights, community, small business and senior citizen organizations, released the following statement
Comprehensive Reforms Are Only Way to Ensure Stability in the Economy Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement marking the full implementation the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act today. Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director, U.S. PIRG: “The Credit
Congressman Dan Meffei (D-NY) recently spoke up on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and increased consumer protections in a radio interview with the Rochester-based station WXXI. The report from the interview says: Maffei was in Rochester earlier this week, to promote new rules