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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
Federal Regulators Criticize Madden Decision
In an amicus brief submitted on September 10, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) heavily criticized the 2015 Second Circuit decision in Madden v. Midland Funding that seemed to overturn the...
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Financial Service Bills
Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed five financial service bills that deal with everything from diversity in the workplace to affordable housing. According to a press release from the House Financial Services Committee, the five bills would do...
Consumer Groups Claim Bipartisan Concern over CFPB’s Debt Collection Proposal
The Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), two consumer advocacy groups, claim that a new poll shows bipartisan concern over certain elements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposed rule to modify the...