Category Archives: Financial Reform News

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CNBC Article on Consumers’ Attitude Toward New Legislation

CNBC reported that consumers are almost unanimous about the need for financial reform.  The article touched on different activist campaigns that are underway concerning the issue.  Also discussed was the resistance coming from organizations such as the American Bankers Association. Americans for Financial Reform was

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Springfield Says “No” to Payday Loans

[Springfield, MO] – Local advocates and consumers gathered outside Advance America, 1773 S Glenstone today, Wednesday, March 17, to protest financial abuses by payday loan companies. Advance America is the nation’s largest payday lender and is actively opposing reform of its industry. As the Senate takes up

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Huffington Post: The Two Rules of Real Financial Reform

Fight Club fans take note!  AFR Executive Director Heather Booth wrote up the rules of real financial reform for the Huffington Post.  Here are first few: The first rule of real financial reform is that you can’t stop fighting for it. The second rule of

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CFPA and Nonbanks: A Snapshot

Our friends at the National Consumer Law Center have put together a great two-page report on the dire need for federal regulation of non-bank lenders.  The report focuses on the problems created by the current lack of regulation of debt collectors and debt buyers, credit

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Jeff Gelles on Why We Need an Independent CFPA

Columnist Jeff Gelles recently wrote this piece about the importance of creating an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA).  He focuses on the way current regulators, specifically the OCC, failed to do anything to effectively protect consumers.  He speaks of one man’s trouble with abusive

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Sign the Petition to Hold Big Banks Accountable

Sign our latest petition to hold big banks accountable! Urge your Senators to support financial reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.  Write to your Senators today and ask them to resist the Wall Street lobbyists, and stand up for the rest of us. As