Statement from Americans for Financial Reform on the President’s plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
www.ourfinancialsecurity.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Donner, 202-588-7772 June 29, 2009 Statement from Americans for Financial Reform on the President’s plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency “The Financial system has failed the American public. More than $13 trillion of household wealth has been
Washington Post: The Case for a Consumer Protection Agency
This guest post is from Ellen Harnick from the Center for Responsible Lending. Over the past decade, federal bank regulators looked the other way as responsible loans were crowded out of the market by aggressively marketed financial products carrying hidden costs and fees. Tricky products,
“Making Financial Regulation Work: The Elephants of Banking”-The Washington Post
This is part of a series on The Hearing called “Making Financial Regulation Work.” The guest post is from Shawn Bayern, assistant professor of law at Florida State University, and Zephyr Teachout, associate professor of law at Fordham University. Two weeks ago, the Obama administration
RELEASE: Advocates Testify for Consumer Financial Product Reform (Testimony Included)
Leading Organizations Part of the ‘Americans for Financial Reform’ Coalition Advocate for Consumer Financial Products Reform Before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Today
“In 20 Protests across Country, Union Workers Call Wells Fargo Bank a “Roadblock to Economic Recovery’
In 20 Protests across Country, Union Workers Call Wells Fargo Bank a “Roadblock to Economic Recovery’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2009 The same union that occupied a Chicago factory for six days, drawing national media attention, today conducted protests across the country at 20