Letters to Congress: Call to Update the FTC’s Enforcement Tools
AFR joined a letter calling on Congress to update the FTC’s enforcement tools under the FTC Act, Section 13(b).
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Policy Recommendations: AFR Consumer Finance Priorities for 2021
AFR released policy recommendations to strengthen consumer financial protections and work towards reversing the damage caused by systemic racism, and products and systems that amplify inequality.
Letters to Regulators: AFR Education Fund sent a letter to the FTC opposing the Staples-Essendant merger
February 27, 2019 Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund commented on a Proposed Consent Agreement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that will permit the merger of Staples and Essendant. In the letter, AFR Education Fund urged the FTC to follow the logic of its
AFR Statement: Statement on Appointment of Andrew Smith as Head of FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
For its Head of Consumer Protection, the FTC chose a lawyer, Andrew Smith, who worked for both payday lenders and Equifax. The FTC needs a someone with a record of consumer protection, not yet another industry lawyer