Americans for Financial Reform is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded when more than 200 civil rights, labor, consumer, community-based, faith, business, and other organizations came together to create an effective public interest voice on banking, finance and financialization. Formed in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, we convene and lead a set of interlocking coalitions that work to transform the financial system so that it serves an equitable and sustainable economy.
We believe that the financial system and our economy should work for the public good, and we fight the inequities and systemic racism that stand in the way of this goal. Our approach includes policy development and analysis, advocacy, coalition building, research, education, and driving grassroots and grasstops mobilization at the federal and state levels.