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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 Report on Small Business Lending and the Great Recession Outlines Decline in Access to Credit and Uneven Recovery
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a data point showing how small business lending has developed before, during, and after the recent Great Recession that took place from 2008-2009. The report found that small business access to credit...
FICO Announces Changes That Could Lower Consumers’ Credit Scores
Fair Isaac Corp., which created the FICO credit score used by many lenders in credit decisions, recently announced a series of changes to its scoring model which the Wall Street Journal reports could lower overall credit scores for many Americans. This is because...
House Financial Services Committee To Hold Eight Hearings in February
During the month of February, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee will hold eight hearings on an array of topics, including bank partnerships with non-banks, public housing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and monetary policy. The Committee’s...