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Small Business Truth-in-Lending Bill Would Protect California’s Entrepreneurs of Color

September 20, 2018

California often acts as a trailblazer in national policy, and can earn that title yet again with SB 1235, authored by Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), the nation’s first small business truth-in-lending bill. Supported by The Greenlining Institute, SB 1235 would…

Trump Administration War on CFPB Is Bad News for Communities of Color

July 5, 2018

Two years into the Trump administration, communities of color — and anyone using financial products, for that matter – are losing hope of finding an independent, dogged champion in Trump’s iteration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A brain-child of…

Consumers May Get a Dose of Bad Medicine Named Mick Mulvaney

November 20, 2017

With the recent news that Richard Cordray, President Obama’s holdover appointee director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down, consumer advocates nationwide are preparing for another disaster-of-the-week. To follow up on #45’s perfectly awful pairings of cabinet secretaries…

Bill Would Gut Consumer Protections

May 19, 2017

The Progressive By Orson Aguilar Do you have a bank account? A credit card? Any dealings with banks or other financial institutions? If so, Congress wants to empower Wall Street to rip you off. The 2008 crash and Great Recession…

Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t Enough

November 10, 2014

The Huffington Post by Preeti Vissa As I wrote last month, for millions of American families, the recession has never ended, despite a booming stock market and a lower official rate of unemployment. As Republicans and Democrats sort out the changed…

Civil Rights Leaders Call for End to Discriminatory Car Dealer Financing

November 7, 2014

The Washington Informer by Charlene Crowell A diverse group of civil rights leaders representing Blacks, Latinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders have joined forces to call for major changes in auto dealer compensation. Together, the organizations are calling for the Consumer Financial…

HDMA Comments

October 29, 2014

Earlier this year, Greenlining submitted formal comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on its proposed enhancements to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. This directive was extended to the CFPB by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform…

Recent CFPB Speaking Engagements

April 15, 2014

The National Law Review On April 4th, CFPB Director Richard Cordray spoke at the Greenlining Institute’s Economic Summit.5 Cordray discussed the four chief consumer issues that the CFPB is addressing, which he refers to as “the four D’s”: deceptive marketing,…

Thank You! Summit 2014 Was a Great Success!

April 9, 2014

Our 21st Annual Economic Summit, “The 21st Century Majority: Empowering a New Nation,” was a wild success, bringing together over 650 community activists, corporate leaders, and government officials engaging in lively discussions around equity and justice for our communities.…

CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion Issues Second Annual Report

April 9, 2014

JD Supra Business Advisor by Barbara S. Mishkin The CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) has issued its second annual report to Congress covering the OMWI’s activities in 2013. The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFPB and various other…

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