Americans for Financial Reform

News Category: Press Releases & Statements

Fair Housing Letter to Mortgage Settlement Monitor

March 27, 2013 Joseph A. Smith Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight 301 Fayetteville St., Suite 1801 Raleigh, NC 27601 Members of the Monitoring Committee Via electronic mail Dear Mr. Smith and Members of the Monitoring Committee: We write to follow up on your interim report regarding Ally Financial’s compliance with the national mortgage settlement, and

AFR Urges Regulators to Push Back on Payday Lending

AFR signed onto a letter with more than 270 national, state and local groups, as well as concerned individuals to urge regulators to ensure that banks cease to offer payday loans and to prohibit any expansion of these dangerous loans.

Small Businesses Overwhelmingly Back CFPB

84% say they support the consumer Bureau, and most are Republicans in a new poll commissioned by Small Business Majority and sponsored by the Center for Responsible Lending