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A Digital Financial Literacy Program
Too many consumers mismanage their budgets, make uninformed investment decisions, and fail to properly plan for the future. NAFSA is committed to empowering people with the skills they need to change this trend and thrive financially. NAFSA’s Financial Literacy Program offers an assortment of digital modules covering a wide variety of financial topics, including building emergency savings, mortgage education, and retirement planning.
Tribal Online Lending Best Practices
NAFSA has developed Best Practices for the exclusive use of all NAFSA Members as it relates to their Tribal Online Lending businesses. We believe these Best Practices will help ensure consumer protection, quality service, and positive customer and industry interactions during the life of the loans made by tribal lending entities who are NAFSA members. Our Best Practices apply to all stages of the loan, including marketing, origination, servicing, collecting, and ongoing data privacy.
The Latest Financial News
New Rules Allow Debt Collectors to Pursue Debtors Via Email, Text Messages, and Social Media
Last month, new debt collection rules went into effect to expand the ways that collectors can go after debtors, including through social media, email, and text messages. The changes to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) were introduced by the Consumer...
Omarova Withdraws OCC Nomination
More than two months after President Biden nominated Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Omarova withdrew her nomination this week after facing resistance from both Republicans and moderate...
Chopra Announces Enhanced Supervisory and Enforcement Scrutiny of Banks Heavily Dependent on Overdraft Fees
In an effort to eradicate what he sees as illegal overdraft fee practices, Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), recently announced that the agency would be cracking down on large banks that are heavily reliant on overdraft fees,...