“Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards, mortgages and other financial products. The result is that consumers can't make direct product comparisons, markets aren't competitive, and costs are higher. If the playing field is leveled and the broken market fixed, a lot more money will stay in the pockets of millions of hard-working families. That's real stimulus - money to families, without increasing our national debt.” IfsRealHardBigsResultsMillionsRiskFieldsProductsHard WorkBrokenFineHigherCostPagesDirectAccountsFinancialCreditDebtCardsConsumersFixedPocketsComparisonPrintMore MoneyObscureStimulusMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsNational DebtFine PrintChecking Accounts Author:Elizabeth Warren
“We have full disclosure in transparency of our audited, our financial audits. It's on our Web site. It is, I think 16 or 20- something pages, which most public companies or private companies and most ministries don't disclose. So we have always operated with financial integrity and full transparency.” ThinkingCompanyIntegrityPagesFinancialMinistrySiteTransparencyDisclosure Author:Paula White
“There's a Russia angle to all this, because remember, we don't have Donald Trump's tax returns. He did a very - relative summary, 104 page campaign financial disclosure. One year of tax returns, reportedly - we've seen the pictures, 12,000 pages. And tax returns are replete with his foreign interests, including, perhaps, his Russian interests. That may be the reason he doesn't want to turn over his taxes.” WantYearsMayReasonRememberTurnsInterestReturnTrumpTaxesPagesIncludingFinancialCampaignsRussiaRelativeAngleDisclosureSummaryTax Returns Author:Norman L. Eisen
“It's critical to level the playing field, to make prices and risks clear up front, so when someone signs on for a student loan or a mortgage or a credit card, they know the tricks and traps hidden in the fine print. That's why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been working on a new financial aid shopping sheet. A shorter, two-page credit card agreement, a simpler mortgage disclosure form. All those are aimed toward helping people understand the basic bargain.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoHelpingFormLevelsClearRiskFrontsFieldsStudentsFinePagesFinancialCreditCriticalProtectionAidsTricksCardsConsumersAgreementPrintShoppingTrapsSheetsLoanHelping PeopleBargainsMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsDisclosureStudent LoanFine PrintFinancial Aid Author:Elizabeth Warren