Today, 19 groups sent a petition to the SEC urging the Commission to initiate a rulemaking to revise Rule 10b-18 to ban stock buybacks and protect workers.
AFR joined 7 other groups to express support for HR 3755, the Stop Bad Robocalls Act, which provides for enhanced protections against robocalls by: instructing the FCC to issue meaningful and protective regulations interpreting the TCPA to enforce the requirements for consent for unwanted robocalls, mandating a reassigned number database with a limited safe harbor (to
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund raised concerns over weakening resolution planning requirements intended to prepare large bank holding companies for an orderly resolution in conventional bankruptcy without risk to financial stability and without any reliance on extraordinary public support of the failed bank or its counterparties.
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund sent a letter to banking regulators opposing a proposal that would make the resolution planning process substantially less stringent than it currently is, and raising concerns over the safety and soundness of individual banks and the effect on U.S. financial stability.
Regulatory agencies purport to “tailor” prudential rules, but they are severely undermining capital and liquidity requirements for foreign banks operating in the U.S.
The 22 community, housing, civil rights, consumer and other organizations believe that HUD must carefully assess the risks and benefits of the Opportunity Zone investments. The Opportunity Zone program poses substantial risks to lower-income households and households of color that already face rapidly rising housing costs and a declining availability of affordable housing options