Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and Sierra Club were joined by 10 organizations in a comment letter to the DOL supporting a proposal to encourage fiduciaries to consider climate change and ESG factors, and calling for further actions to standardize sustainable investing for private retirement plans and pensions. The post Letters to Regulators: AFREF, Sierra […]
AFREF joined a letter to the CFPB highlighting the need for access to their online complaint system in Spanish. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB on the Need for Access to the Online Complaint System in Spanish appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF, CRL, CFA, and NCLC sent comments to the Department of Treasury in response to their request for comment concerning the Small Dollar Loan (SDL) Program Application. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter to Treasury in Response to Request for Comment on Small Dollar Loan Program Application appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF joined a memo to ED establishing their obligation to support education in reentry as Pell has been reinstated for incarcerated individuals and more individuals who will now begin a postsecondary education inside will not finish their degree within the correctional setting and will instead have to finish during reentry. The paper also demonstrates the […]
AFREF joined a letter urging the Biden Administration to immediately begin the process of implementing reforms outlined in the January 20th memo on “Modernizing Regulatory Review.” The post Letters to the Administration: Letter Urging OMB and OIRA to Implement the January 20th Memo on Modernizing Regulatory Review appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF sent a letter to the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) on how the agency can coordinate with state insurance regulators and insurers to have the necessary data, supervisory framework, and prudential regulation in a world where climate-related losses continue to rise and pose risks to the entire financial system. The post Letters to Regulators: […]
AFREF joined a letter urging HUD to strengthen its recent Interim Final Rule intended to prevent evictions. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter to HUD on Evictions in HUD-Assisted Housing and the Interim Final Rule, Extension of Time and Required Disclosures for Nonpayment of Rent appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF joined a letter in response to the Education Department’s request for public comments on a rule to fully implement closure of the 90/10 loophole. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter to ED on 90/10 Implementation appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund views the current state of the stablecoin market as a danger to consumers and to financial stability, and we are disappointed that the President’s Working Group (PWG) has focused on Congressional action as the central path for responding to these challenges. The post Statement: AFR Statement on President’s […]
AFREF joined a comment letter in response to the OCC’s proposal to rescind its 2020 rule regarding the Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The letter urges the OCC to rescind the final rule as quickly as possible. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter Urging the OCC to Rescind its 2020 Rule Regarding the CRA appeared first […]