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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
Latest Federal Reserve Economic Well-Being Report Finds Self-Reported Financial Well-Being Declined in 2022
Last month, the Federal Reserve issued its “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022” report, which shows that higher prices have negatively impacted the general well-being of most households, but workers have continued to benefit from a strong labor market. The...
CFPB Report Finds Overdraft and NSF Fee Revenue Dropped by Nearly 50% in Q4 2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report highlighting overdraft and non-sufficient funds (NSF) fee revenue, finding that revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 was approximately $1.5 billion lower than that of 2019, a decrease of 48...
Nearly 40% of Americans Facing Difficulties Making Ends Meet, Census Finds
The Census Bureau’s most recent Household Pulse Survey showed that 38.5 percent of American adults, or 89.1 million people, faced hardship in paying their typical home expenses between April 26 and May 8. That share is up from 34.4 percent in 2022 and 26.7 percent in...