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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
CFPB Reveals Massive Data Breach
Last month, a former employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) forwarded confidential information of over 250,000 consumers to a personal email account, an incident that the CFPB considered a “major” data breach. The employee sent spreadsheets with...
Fed Survey: Consumers’ Access to Credit Was at Toughest Level in Nearly a Decade Last Month
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the Survey of Consumer Expectations for March 2023. The survey found that access to credit was at its toughest level in nearly a decade as consumers battled high...
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott Exploring Presidential Run
Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) recently announced a presidential exploratory committee, which has been the clearest sign of his intentions to run for the Republican nomination in 2024. An exploratory committee allows him to raise money that could be transferred to an...