The Associated Press has this report about Chairman Sheila Bair’s support for a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Here is an excerpt: WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. pitched again Monday for a new agency for consumer financial protection, now a
CONSUMERS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY: NCLR Delivers Petition Calling for a Strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency Washington, DC—Fed-up consumers from throughout the nation got their message to Congress today when NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the
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Heather Booth, Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform, was recently quoted in a New York Times article regarding the Senate’s work on financial reform and specifically the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Heather Booth, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform, a
Women Executives Push the Consumer Financial Protection Agency on the Hill Business Women Tell Senators the CFPA is Both Women Consumers and Business Women Washington, DC – On Tuesday March 2, 2010, a dozen senior women executives from Wall Street and major United States companies
Americans for Financial Reform joined with Funny or Die to release this video about the need for financial reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. It has been getting a lot of media attention. For a list of top news sources who have specifically mentioned
For Immediate Release February 28, 2010 Banking committee Chairman Dodd has prepared an outline setting out a revised proposal for a consumer protection agency. “We appreciate Chairman Dodd’s extensive efforts to secure bipartisan support for this critical part of the financial reform bill, but effective
From AFR Coalition Member The Center for Responsible Lending A key federal regulator for years has let national banks engage in lending practices that the regulator itself admits harm consumers and lenders, according to two new reports from the Center for Responsible Lending. For the
Senate and Administration Cannot Let Big Bank Lobbyists Win By Stripping Out Or Watering Down CFPA Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, investor, civil rights, community, small business and senior citizen organizations, released the following statement
On Monday, February 22, the long-awaited and long-needed changes laid down by the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act went into effect. When the bill was passed last May, it was the first time meaningful credit card legislation had ever been passed on