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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
Alaska Governor Vetoes Rate Cap Bill
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have capped interest rates for consumer loans up to $25,000 at 36 percent, which opponents of the legislation say would have drastically limited credit access in the state. Senate Bill 39 passed both the...
FICO Announces Plans to Include BNPL Data in Credit Scores
FICO recently announced two credit scores that will include consumers’ record of buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans, both of which will launch in the fall. FICO Score 10 BNPL and FICO Score 10 T BNPL are meant to account for consumers’ increasing use of BNPL loans,...
Senate Parliamentarian Says Budget Bill Can’t Cut CFPB Funding
As Congress continues to hammer out the details of the tax and spending package passed by the House in May, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough recently ruled that the Republicans’ attempt to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the bill...