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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
OCC Says Banks Can Offer Short-Term Loans
Yesterday, in a bulletin titled “Core Lending Principles for Short-Term, Small-Dollar Installment Lending,” the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a new policy on short-term, small-dollar loans, which is a shift in agency policy from...
Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Washington Supreme Court Decision in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren, Marking a Victory for Sovereign Immunity
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-2 with tribal interests in the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren case, giving the Tribe a procedural victory by vacating and remanding the Supreme Court of Washington’s earlier decision in the case....
FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile: Banking Industry Sees Net Income Rise More Than 27 Percent Post Tax Law
At the start of 2018, bank earnings are up 27.5 percent over the previous year, rising to $56 billion. The massive quarterly haul was driven in large part by higher operating revenue and a corporate tax rate that was lowered this year from 35 percent to 21...