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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
Data Firm Finds Online Loans Holding Up Better Than Expected
In a newly-released report, the data firm dv01 found that the percentage of online loan borrowers who made their regularly scheduled loan payments continued to rise in August, despite the lingering and wide-ranging economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic coupled...
Fed Survey Reports Widespread Uncertainty About U.S. Economic Future
A recent Federal Reserve report, known as the Beige Book, found that while economic activity was on the rise in August 2020, there is widespread uncertainty about the economic future of the United States in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The report is compiled...
CFPB Report Examines Early Impact of Pandemic on Consumer Credit
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report analyzing the early effects of the coronavirus pandemic on consumer credit. Focusing on mortgage, auto and student loans, and credit accounts from March 2020 to June 2020, the CFPB found that...