This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 22, 2011 – October 28, 2011.
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 22, 2011 – October 28, 2011.
The Institute for College Access & Success and Americans for Financial Reform hosted a conference call with reporters and bloggers Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM EDT to discuss private student loan debt and what the impact of delaying the confirmation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director means for students and families. Listen to the replay.
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 15, 2011 – October 20, 2011.
Independent Consumer Regulator Or Unaccountable Agency? Prominent Academic Experts Discuss the Powers, Checks and Balances, and Structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 8, 2011 – October 14, 2011.
Ben Protess (DealBook/NYT)
October 6, 2011
‘We call on all senators to stand up for families and confirm Richard Cordray as C.F.P.B. director,’ said Lisa Donner, head of Americans for Financial Reform, an advocacy group. ‘Will you implement the law and make sure the C.F.P.B. can do its job helping people defend themselves from loan sharks big and small? Or will you block consumer protection and instead protect wrongdoing by companies that caused the financial crisis?’
Jim McConville (Financial Advisor)
October 6, 2011
“This [delay] is harming consumers,” said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and chairman of Americans for Financial Reform Task Force on the CFPB, during a conference call on Wednesday that was sponsored by the consumer group Americans for Financial Reform. ‘The lack of the full authority of the CFPB is a serious problem, which leaves students, military families, veterans and older Americans at risk of financial problems,’ Mierzwinski added.
Kerri Panchuk (Housing Wire)
October 6, 2011
‘American families want and need someone to level the playing field and prevent tricks and traps in the financial services market,’ said Lisa Donner, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform. ‘We call on all Senators to stand up for families and confirm Richard Cordray as CFPB director.’
Connie Prater (Creditcards.com)
October 6, 2011
Lisa Donner, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform challenged Republican senators to ‘stand up for families’ and confirm the nomination. ‘Will you implement the law and make sure the CFPB can do its job helping people defend themselves from loan sharks big and small?’ Donner asked. ‘Or will you block consumer protection and instead protect wrongdoing by companies that caused the financial crisis?’
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 1, 2011 – October 7, 2011.