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An open letter to the G20 finance ministers and G20 leaders from Consumers International, the global federation of consumer organisations

October 13, 2011
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Consumers International urges you to remember that weak consumer protection in the form of irresponsible mortgage lending was both a catalyst for this crisis, and is a long-standing concern of ‘ordinary people’ who use financial services every day.

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