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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
CFPB Releases Annual Report Analyzing Consumers Complaints; Credit and Credit Reporting Continues to Top List
Last year, consumers submitted roughly 1,657,600 complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and once again complaints about credit or consumer reporting comprised the vast majority at approximately 79 percent of all complaints submitted. Nearly 1.1...
Consumer Financial Services Industry Trade Groups File Lawsuit Asking Court to Strike Down Colorado DIDMCA Opt-Out
Last year, the Colorado legislature passed, and Governor Jared Polis signed into law, Colorado HB23-1229, which opted the state out of Section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA), This provision allows...
Trade Groups Challenge CFPB Credit Card Rule in Court, CFPB Accuses Them of “Forum Shopping” for Favorable Judge
At the beginning of March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its rule cutting the typical credit card late free from $32 to $8. Two days after the finalized rule was announced, a lawsuit led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Chamber...