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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
Google May Be Next Big Tech Company to Offer Expanded Financial Products
A few months ago, Apple made big waves in the financial services sector when it launched Apple Card, a product it bills as “A new kind of credit card. Created by Apple, not a bank.” Facebook, too, has looked to get into finance with the launch of Libra, a digital...
House Financial Services Task Force Holds Hearing on Role of Big Data in Financial Services
Last week, in a hearing convened by the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology, members of the committee discussed the increased use of big data—the immense amount of consumer information collected by institutions and businesses—in the...
Study Finds Only 29 Percent of Americans Report Being ‘Financially Strong’
Despite a strong, growing economy, the second annual U.S. Financial Health Pulse Trends report, issued by the Financial Health Network, revealed that the majority of Americans—roughly seven in ten adults—do not claim to be financially healthy. The report covers four...