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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
More Than 20 Governors Urge Congress to Add Cannabis Banking to Defense Bill
More than 20 governors signed a joint letter to members of Congress earlier this month, advocating for them to add cannabis banking legislation to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), stating that it is a public safety issue. “Thirty-seven states, four...
Fintech Startup Launches BNPL Alternative
Accrue Savings, a fintech startup based in New York, recently announced an alternative to the typical Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) loans that the company says will be safer and more beneficial for consumers. Importantly, the offering is not a credit product; instead, it...
CFPB Report Finds People of Color and Young Borrowers More Likely to Have Disputes on Credit Report
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released Disputes on Consumer Credit Reports, part of a series of reports on consumer credit trends created using a longitudinal sample of approximately five million de-identified credit records from one of the...