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Better Markets
Non-profit Organizations
Washington, District of Columbia 2,516 followers
An Independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit promoting the economic security, opportunity & prosperity of the American people.
About us
Better Markets is a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization working to build a more secure financial system for all Americans. Better Markets works to rebuild those protections by restoring laws, rules and regulations that shield families on Main Street from the high-risk, dangerous activities on Wall Street. Our team of professionals - including President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Kelleher and markets, regulatory and legislative specialists, along with lawyers and communicators – is the counterweight to Wall Street’s special interests in Washington DC. When Wall Street is pushing those special interests, they run right into Better Markets, which is right there pushing back with the public interest. We’re the American people’s voice in the courts, the Congress and the regulatory agencies, fighting against Wall Street recklessness while fighting for reform. Our agenda-setting analysis provides a critical balance in the rulemaking and policymaking debates, and our expert research has made Better Markets the go-to source for trusted and substantive information about our financial markets, economic policy and key policy proposals. Over the last five years, Better Markets has had a significant impact on financial reform – from re-shaping the political discourse to strengthening many parts of the Dodd-Frank rule making process. We’ve become a potent counterweight to the industry as the rules of financial reform are being drafted and challenged, filing nearly 200 comment letters so that agencies finalize the strongest possible safeguards to protect the American people from another financial crash.
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, District of Columbia
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Dodd-Frank, SEC, CFTC, CFPB, Rulemaking, Policy, Wall Street, Main Street, Economy, and Finance
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In a new #susbtack, our Cantrell Dumas explains that proposals to merge the #SEC and #CFTC may sound efficient, but it risks creating more bureaucracy and weakening crucial market oversight. These agencies have distinct missions—protecting investors (SEC) vs. regulating complex derivatives (CFTC). Merging them would dilute both functions. Instead of combining them, we should focus on reforming the CFTC's funding model. Shifting to industry fees, like the SEC, would provide necessary resources and save taxpayers millions. Let’s strengthen, not weaken, financial oversight and protections. https://lnkd.in/em5p_HPF
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The Senate Banking Committee's approval of #PaulAtkins for #SEC Chair and #JonathanGould to be Comptroller of the #OCC is extremely dangerous for #MainStreet. Atkins and Gould’s track records and responses at last week’s confirmation hearings have raised serious questions about their allegiance to Wall Street’s profits rather than Main Street’s wallets and pocketbooks. https://lnkd.in/exCg5NgG
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Community banks are vital to Main Street families and small businesses. Here, we detail many ways that Congress can support them. https://lnkd.in/eQfwTkJb
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The #OCC's decision to ignore #climate-related financial risks is a dangerous & politically motivated move. The American people deserve regulators who ensure banks are taking all risks into account, regardless of the source. https://lnkd.in/ekUYDuki
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New research on bank enforcement actions and systemic risk concludes: 1 - Financial misconduct should be included in bank stress testing, and 2 - Reforms are needed to protect against risk-seeking institutional investors and powerful CEOs https://lnkd.in/etVCtYSt
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The #CFPB has an outstanding track record of protecting Americans from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices at the hands of the financial companies that Americans depend on to manage their financial lives, from the big banks offering credit cards laced with junk fees to the payday lenders that exploit people struggling to make ends meet. Yet the #Trump Administration is intent on gutting the agency. And now #Congress is joining the effort. If successful, this war on the CFPB will take a huge toll on American consumers. Read more in our piece by Brady Williams: https://bit.ly/3RluH2F
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's guidance on #MemeCoins is troubling—by treating them as 'collectibles,' it leaves retail investors unprotected against pump-and-dump schemes that mirror traditional fraud. Protecting investors should always come first. Benjamin Schiffrin examines these issues on #substack: https://bit.ly/43QEoOn
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In a The Hill op-ed, Dennis Kelleher explains that supporting bipartisan commissions and independent agencies is crucial for ensuring predictable, informed policies and strong decision-making. Trump’s moves to break with this precedent are unwise and dangerous. https://lnkd.in/eg-_jWUK
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#BankingAgencies just dealt another blow to hardworking Americans by withdrawing a critical rule modernizing the #CRA. This move deepens wealth gaps, ignores decades of discrimination, & offers no justification. Vulnerable communities deserve better. https://lnkd.in/eKUBXzAr
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