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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
Warren Urges Yellen to Crack Down on Cryptocurrency
In a recent letter, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to work through the Financial Stability Oversight Council, which she chairs, to develop a regulatory strategy on cryptocurrencies. Warren has warned increasingly that...
OCC Reviewing Banks’ Overdraft Policies
Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu recently announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is reviewing bank overdraft policies— an announcement that came during testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee earlier this month. “We must prohibit...
Applications for Auto Loans, Mortgages, and Credit Cards Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels, According to CFPB Issue Brief
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an issue brief finding that consumer applications for auto loans, mortgages, and revolving credit are back to pre-pandemic levels, a recovery mainly driven by prime and near-prime consumers. The CFPB...