Woodstock Institute recently signed on to a letter led by the Center for Responsible Lending and Americans for Financial Reform calling on the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to reject a proposed...
photo above: Sr VP Policy and Communications Brent Adams, 3rd from left and Policy Associate Jane Doyle, far right, participated in Consumer Federation of America’s Consumer Assembly June 15. They and CEO Horacio Mendez also attended NCRC’s Just Economy...
Woodstock Institute signed on to a coalition letter in support of the Close the ILC Loophole Act (HR 5912) introduced by Rep. Chuy García (IL-04). Industrial loan corporations (ILCs) operate under a special exemption in federal law that permits...
Woodstock Institute signed onto a coalition letter led by Consumer Federation of America, Center for Responsible Lending, and the National Consumer Law Center to the CFPB responding to the Bureau’s inquiry into Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) providers. The...
Woodstock Institute joined the Save Our Retirement Coalition’s sign on letter urging the U.S. Department of Labor to update and strengthen the rules that govern retirement investment advice to better protect workers and retirees.
Woodstock Institute signed on to a letter led by LGBTQ+, consumer, and legal advocacy groups and sent to the credit reporting bureaus and the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) regarding the issues that transgender and nonbinary individuals encounter when...
Woodstock Institute joined a coalition letter to the Illinois Department of Insurance urging the agency to collect data from Illinois auto insurers concerning claims and losses during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and determine whether additional premium refunds...
Woodstock Institute recently signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors regarding the Fed’s new person-to-person payment system, FedNow. As consumers have quickly adopted other payment apps,...
Woodstock Institute recently signed on to a letter supporting the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (H.R. 2668). The letter was led by the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA). This bill would restore the authority of the Federal Trade...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2020 CONTACT: Jenna Severson, 616-914-2844, jseverson@woodstockinst.org Abe Scarr, Illinois PIRG, 312-983-2789, abe@illinoispirg.org Advocates Praise Governor Pritzker for Protecting Consumer Financial Security, Call for Further Action CHICAGO: Consumer advocates praised Governor Pritzker and the...