As a federal court considers final approval of Public Partnerships, LLC’s (PPL) $162 million settlement with nearly 200,000 New York home care workers, a report released today by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) shows that the problems associated with private equity-backed PPL extend far beyond New York.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2026CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, media@ourfinancialsecurity.org Washington DC – Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to repeal its 2024 disclosure rule on climate-related financial risk for large public companies. In doing so, it claimed a sweeping reinterpretation of the agency’s disclosure authority that would undermine corporate transparency broadly and leave
Granting Coinbase a bank charter runs counter to longstanding federal law and practice and increases the risk of financial crisis.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 10, 2026 CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, jarice@ourfinancialsecurity.org AFREF Opposes Effort by Trump Family Crypto Company to Grab Bank Charter Conflicts of Interest Concerns Mount Over World Liberty Financial’s Shadowy Investors WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump family crypto firm World Liberty Financial has applied for a national trust bank charter. WLF’s business model
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2026 CONTACTS: Jarice Thompson, jarice@ourfinancialsecurity.org; Stephen Rouzer, srouzer@nclc.org ; Nicholas Rubando nrubando@consumerfed.org, Ruth Sussswein, ruth.susswein@consumer-action.org; Christine Hines, christine@consumeradvocates.org; Eric Naing, eric@demandprogress.org Trump-Vought Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes steps to reduce the number of people who seek help from the consumer agency Despite new hurdles, consumers should continue to submit complaints
A new analysis from the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) research consortium, “Unequal Burdens: Private Equity-Backed Fossil Fuel Assets and the Global South,” reveals how the Global South is unfairly burdened by private equity’s investments in fossil fuels.