Investment

• Call for SEC to ban mandatory arbitration agreements
• DOL’s proposed rule would expand fiduciary requirement for those providing investment advice
• More than 50 organizations support the Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act
• Congress should empower regulators to prioritize investor protection over digital asset industry’s unproven promises
• SEC should end greenwashing by investment funds and require greater transparency
• DOL’s plan to require excessive care by retirement plan fiduciaries when considering offering cryptocurrency as a 401(k) investment option is prudent
• Establish new rules to provide investors with new and necessary information they need in order to make the best decisions possible
• Protect retirees and savers from conflicted investment advice
• Stronger CRA rules still needed to ensure equal access to credit
• The system is broken: It’s time for income-driven repayment reform
• Ensure that banks equitably and justly invest in our communities
• Biden should remove FDIC Chair for refusing to follow the law
• Advocates ask the CFPB to bring back public consumer complaint narratives
• Protect retirement savers from risky private equity investments
• Choice of retirement plan disclosure notice still important for workers and retirees
• Support closing the 90/10 loophole to protect students during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Over 100 groups call on Federal Reserve to Strengthen CRA
• New banking rule aims to prop up fossil fuel industry
• California legislators urged to make significant investments in public broadband
• Allies urge CFPB Director not to weaken its enforcement arm
• Advocates call foul as CFPB hides consumer complaint narratives from public view
• More than 100 non-profit groups support bill that would require corporations to disclose important data to address potential profit shifting
• HUD must do more to protect older reverse mortgage borrowers
• Federal deregulation attempts increase barriers to affordable housing
• Advocates urge CFPB to create strong protections for PACE borrowers
• A new bill aimed at helping students lacks robust borrower protections
• It’s time for Wall Street traders to pay their fair share
• Forced arbitration silences victims and should end
• Kathy Kraninger is shockingly unqualified to lead the CFPB
• Consumer advocates oppose loosening rules for FinTech providers
• Senate should reject Kraninger for CFPB Director
• It’s buyer beware with the SEC’s latest best interest proposal
• The CFPB’s consumer education programs must be protected
• Policy riders are a shady attempt at regulating CFPB
• Save retirement rule, advocacy groups urge lawmakers
• Pell Grants remain in jeopardy, impacting vulnerable low-income students
• Enough with the sneaky and harmful policy riders
• Fiduciary rule should extend to non-retirement accounts too
• No room for ideological riders in our nation’s budget
• The CHOICE Act is WRONG for Americans and the economy
• DASH for the STASH: Learn investment skills, enter to win cash
• The Choice Act 2.0 is the WRONG choice for consumers
• Mnuchin unfit to serve as Treasury Secretary—Senate should oppose nomination
• Hands off the CFPB!
• Consumer Action joins Alliance for Investor Education
• The ‘Foreclosure King’ is an unfit choice to run the U.S. Treasury
• Innovation should not come at the expense of consumer protection
• Preventing FinTech from avoiding regulation and preying on consumers
• Green loans may cause homeowners to see red
• Solar panel loans cast shadow on low-income families
• A need for racial justice in student lending
• More policy riders intended to threaten retiring Americans, hijack budget process
• Protect Pell Grant funding for students
• What is the Department of Education waiting for?
• In favor of stronger banking fraud protections for consumers
• Financial professionals should act in their clients’ best interest
• The SEC should make shareholder reports accessible to all
• Bringing Lifeline into the Digital Age
• Deciding what’s “fair” when reforming tax laws
• Financial advisor conflict-of-interest rule a win for consumers
• The SEC’s controversial block of Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz
• Consumer protections weakened after repealing Reg. AA
• The Dept. of Labor has the chance to protect Americans hoping to retire one day
• Ban remotely created checks and check hold times for prepaid cards
• Strengthening mortgage reform protections
• Proposed Freddie and Fannie reform needs work
• Wall Street is about to crash the housing market—again
• Limiting the CFPB’s power helps Wall Street, hurts consumers
• Making banks compete for your business
• Protecting ordinary investors from Big Business
• Protecting investors from surrendering their rights
• Shareholders target predatory credit card practices
• Take a ride on the ‘Road to Economic Recovery’
• Financial Education in the African American Community