Joint Letter: Letter to CFPB Urging Stronger Safeguards for LIBOR Transition
Joint consumer advocate comments to CFPB on LIBOR transition
Category Archives: Letters to Regulators
Joint Letter: Letter to CFPB on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures from 84 organizations
Letter from 84 organizations raising concerns about the CFPB’s time-barred debt collection disclosure proposal.
Letter to Regulator: OCC Should Adopt Precautionary Approach to Digital Banking Activities
The AFR Ed Fund and allied organizations submitted a comment to banking regulators highlighting concerns that digital banking activities may discriminate by race or otherwise threaten our civil rights.
Letters to Regulators: Letter to OCC Urging Greater Language Access for LEP consumers with Bank Digital Activities
Letter urging OCC to encourage banks to provide greater language access as banks use more technology in banking services.
Letter to Regulators: AFREF opposes DOL rule proposal to restrict ESG investing
AFREF urges the Department of Labor to withdraw their proposed rule entitled “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments.” It discourages fiduciaries from considering environmental, social and governmental (ESG) factors in their investments and creates burdens for investors looking to be socially conscious.
LETTER TO REGULATORS: Poor Underwriting Standards in Federal Reserve Emergency Lending Programs Could Lead to Support for Insolvent Firms
You can view or download the letter here.
Letters to Regulators: Joint Letter to FHFA, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac on the need to notify tenants of applicable protections during COVID-19
AFR Ed Fund and 59 other organizations sent a letter to FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac asking them to provide ways for tenants to be able to determine whether their homes qualify for additional protections as a result of their landlord’s forbearance so that they can plan accordingly and protect themselves from eviction and other consequences.
JOINT LETTER: AFR Ed Fund and Demand Progress Ed Fund Send Letter to FDIC on “Unacceptable” ILC Rule
We write to express our concern with the Proposed Rule to establish terms and conditions governing deposit insurance applications, changes in control, and mergers involving ILCs
JOINT LETTER: 19 Organizations and Individuals Call on Labor Department to Withdraw Policy that Lets Private Equity Loot Retirement Plans
The undersigned groups, which advocate on behalf of consumers, workers, investors, and retirees, write to express our grave concerns regarding the Department’s June 3rd information letter concerning the use of private equity investments in designated investment alternatives made available to retirement savers through individual account plans, such as 401(k) plans.
Letter to Regulators: Let Municipal Borrowers Access Main Street Lending Facilities
The AFR Education Fund wrote a letter to the Federal Reserve calling on them to let smaller public and municipal borrowers access the Main Street Lending Program which supports bank loans to businesses and non-profits. This would assist the many public borrowers who cannot issue