AFREF joined a comment letter in response to the OCC’s proposal to rescind its 2020 rule regarding the Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The letter urges the OCC to rescind the final rule as quickly as possible.
AFR joined NCLC, CRL, NCRC, and Open Markets in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Yellen opposing a bank charter for stablecoin issuers that would give them preemption rights without the full obligations and oversight required for insured depository banks.
AFREF joined over 100 other groups in sending a letter urging President Biden to cancel student debt.
AFREF joined a letter urging Ambassador Susan Rice to place a high priority on ensuring data-driven technologies, including algorithmic decision making, artificial intelligence, and machine learning increasingly used to make important decisions about people’s lives, protect civil rights, prevent unlawful discrimination, and advance equal opportunity.
AFREF joined a letter to FHFA in response to the enterprise equitable housing finance plans request for input.
AFREF joined a letter to FHFA in response to their request for input regarding the enterprises’ equitable housing finance plans.
AFREF submitted a letter to the Treasury today raising concerns that the President’s Working Group is considering recommending Congress create special bank charters to regulate stablecoins. We instead believe the President’s Working Group should clarify the existing authorities that each of the regulatory agencies have and call on those agencies to exercise their authorities now. We find this especially pertinent given the recent enforcement action brought Friday by the CFTC against Tether.
AFR joined a letter to CFPB Director Chopra requesting that the Bureau address the significant problem of hidden remittance fees allowed under the current CFPB regulations.
AFREF joined a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra urging for pre-foreclosure protections in 2022 due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
AFREF joined a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra expressing concerns about the treatment of earned wage access products.