Americans for Financial Reform

Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) is a progressive nonprofit organization which advocates for financial reform in the United States, including stricter regulation of Wall Street.^[1][2] AFR is a coalition of approximately 200 consumer, labor and special interest groups.^[3]

Americans for Financial Reform

Formation	2009
Type	Nonprofit advocacy group
Purpose	Stricter regulation of U.S. financial system
Location	Washington, D.C.
Executive Director	Lisa Donner
Website	ourfinancialsecurity.org

Activities

The group supported the passage of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as well as the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.^[4][5] AFR has received funding from the Democracy Alliance.^[6]

AFR launched the Take on Wall Street coalition in 2016^[7] that Elizabeth Warren helped popularize.^[8] Like Occupy Wall Street, the coalition aims to turn populist anger into financial reforms^[9] like public^[10] or postal banking.^[11]

During the Biden administration, AFR has pushed for the appointment of progressives to federal office. The group praised the nomination of Saule Omarova to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).^[12]