
Category Archives: Statements and Press Releases












AFR Coalition Partners Highlight Loan Modifications
Organized by Americans for Financial Reform and their coalition partners, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and PICO National Network, held a press conference today highlighting testimony from homeowners whose lenders continue to drag their feet performing loan modifications, despite the Administration’s plan









Americans Call for Watchdog to Guard Against Financial Predators
For immediate release CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 DATE: July 14, 2009 Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878 Americans Call for Watchdog to Guard Against Financial Predators Groups Call for Real Protection for Borrowers, Tell Big Banks to Call Off the Lobbyists *Note: Change




































Statement from Americans for Financial Reform on the President’s plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
www.ourfinancialsecurity.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Donner, 202-588-7772 June 29, 2009 Statement from Americans for Financial Reform on the President’s plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency “The Financial system has failed the American public. More than $13 trillion of household wealth has been


RELEASE: Advocates Testify for Consumer Financial Product Reform (Testimony Included)
Leading Organizations Part of the ‘Americans for Financial Reform’ Coalition Advocate for Consumer Financial Products Reform Before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Today









“In 20 Protests across Country, Union Workers Call Wells Fargo Bank a “Roadblock to Economic Recovery’
In 20 Protests across Country, Union Workers Call Wells Fargo Bank a “Roadblock to Economic Recovery’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2009 The same union that occupied a Chicago factory for six days, drawing national media attention, today conducted protests across the country at 20