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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
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism is Unconstitutional
On Wednesday night, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited ruling which found that the independent funding mechanism Congress established to insulate the Bureau from political interference violated the Constitution’s separation of powers clause....
BNPL Remains Absent from Most Consumers’ Credit Scores
Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion have recently begun allowing buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders to report their short-term payment plans for consumers’ credit scores, but many of the largest BNPL companies like Affirm, Afterpay, and Klarna haven’t started doing so....
House Republicans Press Acting Comptroller on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Last week, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) led a group of Republicans from the Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology in a letter to acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu regarding Hsu’s recent comments...