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| Formation | 2009 |
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| Type | Nonprofit advocacy group |
| Purpose | Stricter regulation of U.S. financial system |
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Executive Director | Lisa Donner |
| Website | ourfinancialsecurity |
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]
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]
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party and regarded as a progressive, Warren has focused on consumer protection, equitable economic opportunity, and the social safety net while in the Senate. Warren was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, ultimately finishing third.
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The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly referred to as Dodd–Frank, is a United States federal law that was enacted on July 21, 2010. The law overhauled financial regulation in the aftermath of the Great Recession, and it made changes affecting all federal financial regulatory agencies and almost every part of the nation's financial services industry.
Michael S. Barr is an American legal scholar who has been serving as second vice chair of the Federal Reserve for supervision since 2022. From 2009 to 2011, he was assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions under President Barack Obama. At the University of Michigan, he has been serving as faculty member since 2001, professor of law since 2006, professor of public policy since 2014.
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