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Americans for Fairness in Lending Not so "free" after all - help stop misleading ads! http://blog.affil.org/
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Are you tired of those ads featuring singing pirates, talking about how easy it is to get your “free credit report”? The Federal Trade Commission is, and we are, too!
Americans for Fairness in Lending Elizabeth Warren: "What I hate are banks that cheat people" http://blog.affil.org/
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That was Elizabeth Warren’s response to a critic who claimed that she must hate banks, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe.
Lily This sort of behavior by the banks really makes me wonder how they come up with this stuff.
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Are major banks behaving like Super Villain organizations from all those spy movies?
Americans for Fairness in Lending Credit Card Companies Have More Tricks in Store: http://blog.affil.org/
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This article from Reuters has details about more of the sneaky fees that are expected to go into wider use in the next few months, targeted specifically at customers who pay on time and those who carry little or no balance.
Americans for Fairness in Lending 80 Years Ago: Lessons from October 29, 1929 - http://blog.affil.org/
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Eighty years ago today, Wall Street experienced its worst day in history. The events of October 29, 1929 helped drag the United States into the Great Depression that led to a vast number of bank closures, foreclosures, and widespread unemployment.
Americans for Fairness in Lending Dodd: Freeze Credit Card Interest Rates http://blog.affil.org/
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As expected, the Showdown in Chicago drew thousands of protesters and attracted a wide array of media attention. The Huffington Post has especially good coverage of the events, including the video below, ...
Americans for Fairness in Lending Will the big banks make amends? http://blog.affil.org/
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You can’t change the past, so will you commit to do better in the future? That’s what consumers are asking the big banks at their annual conference in Chicago.
Americans for Fairness in Lending The Showdown Continues: Join the march tomorrow! http://blog.affil.org/
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In case you missed it, something big is happening in the windy city. The Showdown in Chicago is underway, with consumers rallying together in opposition to the banks and the bailouts on the site of the ...
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The Showdown in Chicago starts this weekend! Are you ready to rumble? http://www.showdowninchicago.org/index.h
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The same financial institutions that caused the economic crisis and took billions in taxpayer bailouts are back to earning incredible profits. Meanwhile, Americans face shrinking pensions, rising foreclosures ...
Americans for Fairness in Lending AFFIL in the news - The fight for the CFPA continues: http://blog.affil.org/
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Yesterday’s successful passage of CFPA legislation by the House Financial Services Committee was a great first step toward increased consumer protections. This article, which quotes AFFIL, has ...
Americans for Fairness in Lending CFPA passes House Financial Services Committee 39-29! http://blog.affil.org/
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In an important victory for consumers, the House Financial Services Committee today approved the Consumer Financial Projection Agency Act of 2009 by a mostly party line vote, 39-29.
Americans for Fairness in Lending Dodd's Overdraft Bill Would Save Consumers Lots of Money: http://blog.affil.org/
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As we’ve blogged about before, banks’ overdraft policies are crazy unfair. Banks are projected to drain as much as $38.5 billion from consumers this year by charging them so-called overdraft ...
Americans for Fairness in Lending CFPA must cover car dealers and credit insurance: http://blog.affil.org/
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This afternoon, the House Financial Services Committee is debating a number of proposed amendments to H.R. 3126, the bill that would establish a much needed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). ...
Americans for Fairness in Lending "Big Financial Firms Losing Power on Capitol Hill" says Washington Post http://blog.affil.org/
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Now, that’s a headline we like to see! It was the title of a story in this morning’s Washington Post, heading an article about the current debate over the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Lynn Vander Meer
from creditkarma.com: In September, the average consumer with an open account had:
-- $6,641 in credit card debt -- $190,096 in home mortgage loans -- $50,812 in home equity -- $14,402 in auto loans -- $26,295 in student loans...
so why is my credit line decreased and my interest rates escalated to the max? I pay my bil...ls on time, not overlimit, not gone bankrupt and do not have 56 creditors like my ex? Cound it be the sloppy credit reporting by the TransUnion, Experian,etc? I've been trying to get this straightened out for three years...THREE YEARS!Read More
-- $6,641 in credit card debt -- $190,096 in home mortgage loans -- $50,812 in home equity -- $14,402 in auto loans -- $26,295 in student loans...
so why is my credit line decreased and my interest rates escalated to the max? I pay my bil...ls on time, not overlimit, not gone bankrupt and do not have 56 creditors like my ex? Cound it be the sloppy credit reporting by the TransUnion, Experian,etc? I've been trying to get this straightened out for three years...THREE YEARS!Read More
