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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
U.S. Consumer Spending Seems to Decline in August as Extended Unemployment Lapses
American consumer spending was found to decline in August, likely due to the lapse of extended unemployment benefits to millions of Americans at the end of July. The data, released by the Commerce Department, furthers the evidence that economic recovery from the...
Senators Gillibrand and Sanders Reintroduce Postal Banking Act
Last week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) hosted a Facebook Live conversation where the two legislators announced their reintroduction of the Postal Banking Act, legislation that would, among other things, allow post offices to...
Survey Finds Most Americans Say They Can Now Manage Finances Without Physical Bank Branch
A recent survey commissioned by Plaid found that, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have smoothly transitioned to digital banking and are increasingly turning to banking apps and fintech companies. 80 percent of Americans now believe they can...