FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2010 April Fool’s Day Comes Early: Citi Bets on Next Financial Crisis Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform points out Wall Street “innovation” at its finest: This week Citi announced plans to create “the first derivatives intended to
Attorneys General Tom Miller (IA), Lisa Madigan (IL), Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Richard Cordray (OH) addressed the importance of the U.S. Senate passing legislation to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency on a press call on February 9, 2010. The Attorneys General discussed the need
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 5, 2010 AFR: Big Banks Cash In On Unemployed Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement on the practice of big banks, like Citi, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America, of fleecing the unemployed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2010 Financial Reform Needed To Set the Country on the Road to Recovery Latest NBC/WSJ Poll says Americans want stronger regulations to rein in Big Banks: “Nearly three-quarters say that not enough has been done to regulate Wall Street
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Record Wall Street Bonuses January 19, 2010 “Hard-working Americans will not be ATMs for Wall Street” Just a year ago, Wall Street banks pleaded for taxpayers to bail them out to save us all from financial disaster. We
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Doug Gordon DATE: Friday, January 15, 2010 AFR Urges Chairman Dodd Not To Dump Cornerstone of Reform: Consumer Financial Protection Agency If Big Banks Win, Consumers Will Lose Washington, D.C. – Americans for Financial Reform released the following statement today following
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 DATE: January 6, 2010 AFR Hopes His Vision on Financial Regulatory Reform Will Carry Through Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform issued the following statement regarding Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s announcement that he will not run
DATE: December 21, 2009 Documents and Financial Models; Taxpayers Have A Right To Know Washington, D.C. – Following an op-ed in Saturday’s New York Times by former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, Professor Frank Partnoy and Professor William Black, today, Americans for Financial Reform joined
DATE: December 17, 2009 Washington, DC – Just days after top banking executives met with President Obama and said they would close the gap between their support for financial regulatory reform and “the activities of lobbyists on behalf of these institutions or associations of which
For Immediate Release: Contact: Taylor Lincoln (202) 454-5197 Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741 Public Citizen Calls for Reforms; More Than 20 Protests to Be Held Around Country WASHINGTON, D.C. – The CEOs of 10 Wall Street firms that either failed or received taxpayer bailouts were paid