Our Resources
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
California Puts State-Level Financial Protection Agency Proposal on Hold
California’s plan to create a state consumer financial protection agency⎯announced in January as part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal⎯was temporarily put on hold to focus on more urgent coronavirus relief funding issues and to meet a statutory deadline that...
Income & Employment Trends During COVID-19
Unemployment claims have exceeded 36 million in America, and our economy is experiencing a shift no one saw coming. In these unprecedented times, consumers have taken drastic measures that are changing their borrowing habits, financial behavior and employment status....
New York Fed Says Consumers Were More Optimistic About Economy in May
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Survey of Consumer Expectations for May 2020, Americans grew more optimistic about the state of the economy compared to April. However, expectations still remain lower than pre-COVID-19 levels. “Consumers grew...