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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
USAA to Pay $15.5M in Deal with the CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced in a consent order on Thursday, January 3, that the USAA Federal Savings Bank will pay customers more than $12 million in restitution and a $3.5 million fine. The CFPB said that USAA neglected to stop payments...
CFPB Director Sends Memo to Staff Urging Open Minds
Kathy Kraninger, the newly-installed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), sent around a memo to staff that was obtained by the American Banker. In the email, Kraninger urged staff to “vigorously enforce the law” without presuming guilt.“We must...
Maxine Waters Says She Will Focus on CFPB in 2019
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), who will head the House Financial Services Committee in 2019, stated in a recent interview that her priority for the next two years will be to “try and undo the damage that [Mick Mulvaney] has done” to the Consumer Financial...