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Nonprofit organization
Americans for Financial Reform
Formation 2009 Type Nonprofit advocacy group Purpose Stricter regulation of U.S. financial system Location Executive Director
Lisa Donner Website
ourfinancialsecurity .org
Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) is a
progressive nonprofit organization which advocates for financial reform in the
United States , including stricter regulation of
Wall Street .
[1]
[2] AFR is a coalition of approximately 200 consumer, labor and special interest groups.
[3]
Activities
The group supported the passage of the
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as well as the creation of the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau .
[4]
[5] AFR has received funding from the
Democracy Alliance .
[6]
AFR launched the Take on Wall Street coalition in 2016
[7] that
Elizabeth Warren helped popularize.
[8] Like
Occupy Wall Street , the coalition aims to turn
populist anger into financial reforms
[9] like
public
[10] or
postal banking .
[11]
During the
Biden administration , AFR has pushed for the appointment of
progressives to federal office. The group praised the nomination of
Saule Omarova to lead the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
[12]
References
^ Dennis, Brady (August 22, 2009).
"Group Has Financial Industry in Its Sights" . Washington Post . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ Weisman, Jonathan; Lipton, Eric (January 13, 2015).
"In New Congress, Wall St. Pushes to Undermine Dodd-Frank Reform" . New York Times . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ McGrane, Victoria (July 15, 2009).
"Consumer groups ready for fight on new agency" . Politico. Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ Wheeler, Lydia (July 21, 2015).
"Sen. Warren: We need to expand Dodd-Frank" . The Hill . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^
Kirsch, Larry; Mayer, Robert (2013). Financial justice : the people's campaign to stop lender abuse . Santa Barbara: Praeger.
ISBN
978-1440829512 .
^ Gold, Matea (April 12, 2015).
"Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states" . Washington Post . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^
"Nonprofit Group Launches Website to Counter Anti-ESG Information | PLANSPONSOR" . www.plansponsor.com . Retrieved 2024-03-02 .
^ Warmbrodt, Zachary.
"Warren escalates attack on 'small, insecure' Trump" .
^ Illing, Sean (2016-05-25).
"Occupy Wall Street is back — and it might actually succeed this time" . Salon . Retrieved 2024-03-02 .
^
" 'Banking for the People': Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Bill to Foster Creation of Public Banks Across US" . www.commondreams.org . Retrieved 2024-03-02 .
^ Miettinen, Dylan (2021-10-15).
"USPS pilots a public banking program" . Marketplace . Retrieved 2024-03-02 .
^ Warmbrodt, Zachary.
" 'Radical' Biden nominee faces backlash from banks" . POLITICO . Retrieved 2021-09-27 .
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