ICAN is working with Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) to reform financial regulation.
AFR is a coalition of more than 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, investor, civil rights, community, small business, and senior citizen organizations that have come together to spearhead a campaign for real reform. Together, we are fighting for a banking and financial system based on accountability, fairness and security. The reckless and greedy behavior of big Wall Street banks caused a financial crisis that is costing us millions of jobs, billions of dollars in taxpayer funded bailouts, and trillions of dollars in lost homes and lost savings. We cannot afford to let this behavior continue.
What We are Fighting For
We are fighting for real reform that will protect working families and responsible businesses by cracking down on the abuses and the irresponsible behavior of big banks, credit card companies, and Wall Street insiders. We are working to hold Wall Street accountable and prevent another financial crisis. We cannot get our economy back on track or restore jobs and security without real reform, including:
- Fair rules of the road for consumers, and a strong, effective Consumer Financial Protection Agency to set basic safety standards and protect families—and the market as a whole—from loans designed to trick and trap customers.
- A banking system that helps people buy and stay in their homes and invests in communities and businesses to create good jobs and strong neighborhoods.
- An end to big bank bailouts and megabanks that are “too big to fail.”
- Transparency for ALL financial products and markets, and an end to the casino economy, so that Wall street can’t keep making “heads they win, tails we lose” bets with our money.
- Executive compensation that rewards long-term value creation, not excessive risk-taking, and shareholder votes on executive pay.
- The democratization of the Federal Reserve, so that it is transparent and accountable to the public and independent of banking industry control.
What We Do
The organizations that make up Americans for Financial Reform bring together remarkable expertise in policy, advocacy, mobilization, public outreach, media relations and legislative strategy.
Through a coordinated campaign, we are working to clean up Wall Street’s mess and ensure that the job of rewriting the regulatory rulebook is not left to the inside players and financial predators who caused the problems we now face. Our goal is to see real financial reform legislation this year, during this unprecedented opportunity to win a more secure financial future.
There are no current updates.
- Fact Sheet (PDF): Financial Regulatory Reform: Protecting the American Economy, Increasing Stability and Restoring Confidence
- Fact Sheet (PDF): Q & A: Why We Need a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- Chart (PDF): Community Financial Protection Agency Overview
- Fact Sheet (PDF): Obama Administration Fights for American Families: Protecting Consumers, Investors, and Taxpayers
(Fact sheet on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency) - Fact Sheet (PDF): Community Banks will Benefit from the Consumer Protection Financial Agency
- Fact Sheet (PDF): Six Myths about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- Fact Sheet (PDF): $146 Million of ‘Shoe-Leather’ to Kill Consumer Protection?
Six trade associations representing Wall Street, big business, major banks and mortgage lenders, and the consumer credit industry are planning an all-out assault on the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.