Mobile Phones May Let Us Win Remittance Justice Yet

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Remittances

New Orleans  ACORN International and its affiliates in numerous countries have been hammering away at the cost of remittances for several years now and often all we have to show for the effort has been some dents in the wall and bruises on our foreheads.  We’ve succeeded in getting legislation introduced in different provinces and …

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Payday Lending Regs, Good; Not Going Far Enough, Bad!

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

New Orleans      I was sitting next to an organizer from British Columbia while reading the reports on the new set of regulations being proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on payday lending.  We have fought payday lenders in Canada for over a decade and we’re batting over .500, but a long way from a …

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