Congressman Dan Meffei (D-NY) recently spoke up on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and increased consumer protections in a radio interview with the Rochester-based station WXXI. The report from the interview says: Maffei was in Rochester earlier this week, to promote new rules for credit card companies, which go into effect on February
A group of concerned Southwestern Missouri residents were fed up with a lack of representation from their Congressman, Roy Blunt. They decided to try the bank trick that has been getting industry leaders into the Congressman’s office and earning his vote: they brought him a check. Kay Mills, who organized the event, said “On Wednesday,
“Don’t throw stones from a glass house – especially at an independent watchdog like Elizabeth Warren.” That’s the latest from AFR’s Director, Heather Booth, who has a new post over at the New Deal 2.0 blog. Click here to read the full post. She says: Over at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s website, Ryan McKee
The “Move Your Money” campaign got an extra boost this morning as it was mentioned on NPR’s Morning Edition. Organizers of the campaign, which encourages consumers to move their money out of the big banks and into small local banks and credit unions, say that half of the zip codes in the United States have
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) partnered with the Center for Community Capital (CCC) at the University of North Carolina to produce their recent report titled The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families. NCLR’s findings reflect the impact of foreclosures on family situations and lifestyles. They
Jonathan Mintz, the Commissioner for the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, recently put out a list of the top 10 financial products and practices that he thinks should be covered in 2010. This list comes as the result of the Cities for Financial Empowerment summit where Mintz was struck with the similarities between