September 27, 2010 Dear Representative: Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports ®, the Americans for Financial Reform (a coalition of over 250 national state and local groups), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), the National Association of Consumers Advocates (NACA), the National Consumer
A coalition of consumer advocates recently sent this letter to Sheila Bair about the FDIC and overdraft fees. Dear Ms. Bair: We, the undersigned civil rights, labor, consumer, housing, community, business, and sustainable and responsible investor groups, write to thank the FDIC for bringing attention
Professor Michael Greenberger has prepared a comment letter in response to definitions contained in Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This document discusses the definitions of terms that are key for effective derivatives regulation. Click here to read the pdf.
Below, read a summary of the Dodd-Frank law from AFR member Consumer Action. The landmark federal financial reform legislation (the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010) was designed to strengthen consumer protection of financial products and services, limit taxpayer liability for
Click here to see this information on the Demos site. July 15, 2010 By Caleb Gibson Heather C. McGhee Today, the Senate votes to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, sending the landmark legislation to President Obama’s desk for signature next week. The
The President and other elected officials have issued press releases regarding Elizabeth Warren’s appointment. – From the Office of the President: “President Obama Names Elizabeth Warren Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”
Interim Plan for Warren Raises Even Supporters’ Eyebrows Sewell Chan (New York Times) September 17, 2010 “But Lisa Donner, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of consumer, labor and civil rights groups that pushed for the financial legislation, stayed silent on the
President Selects Professor Elizabeth Warren as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) U.S. PIRG: “Elizabeth Warren is the right choice to build the consumer protection machine she invented.” Statement of U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 17, 2010 Statement of CFA Legislative Director Travis Plunkett in Response to the Announcements by the Administration Regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Administration today will make two key announcements regarding the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Elizabeth Warren’s Presidential appointment to help set up and manage the Consumer Financial Protection Agency has been widely covered in the news, including in the articles below. The final two articles here includes quotes from representatives of Americans for Financial Reform. Warren: A Huge Win