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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
Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Garnishment of Relief Payments by Private Debt Collectors
Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill to protect recovery payments supplied by the CARES Act from being garnished by private debt collectors. The bill was introduced in May by Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Senate Finance...
Biden Proposes Public Credit Reporting Agency in Policy Plan
In a recent plan outlining the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s housing policies, Joe Biden has proposed creating a public credit reporting agency within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which would compete with the three existing credit scoring...
CFPB Study Finds Credit Builder Loans Can Help Consumers Build Credit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a report entitled “Targeting Credit Builder Loans: Insights from a Credit Builder Loan Evaluation,” which found that credit builder loans (CBLs) could help establish credit records and boost credit scores...