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February 08, 2010 A coalition of community reinvestment and consumer organizations asked the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), charged with overseeing consumer protections for national banks, to immediately implement its longstanding, but unenforced, disclosure requirements, advertising standards, and capital requirements for refund anticipation loans. The consumer organizations sent a joint letter on February 4, 2010. Read More January 11, 2010 Woodstock Institute has appointed Geoff Smith senior vice president in charge of research and mortgage lending policy, and Tom Feltner vice president overseeing the Institute’s consumer lending policy and public affairs.
Read More December 18, 2009 The Federal Reserve Board has named Dory Rand, president of Woodstock Institute, to its Consumer Advisory Council for a three-year term starting in December 2010. The Council advises the Board on the exercise of its responsibilities under the Consumer Credit Protection Act and on other matters in the area of consumer financial services. The Council meets three times a year in Washington, D.C.
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