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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
Acting Comptroller Warns that “Too Big to Manage” Banks May be Broken Up
At a recent event hosted by The Brookings Institution, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu warned that banks whose size is too large to address internal weaknesses and adhere to regulations may need to be broken up. The Office of the Comptroller of the...
CFPB Proposes Rule to Rein in Nonbank Arbitration Contracts
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed rule to establish a public registry of supervised nonbanks’ terms and conditions in contracts that claim to limit or waive consumer rights and protections. “The registry would...
More Than a Quarter of Checking Account Holders Paying Fees Every Month
A new Bankrate study found that 27 percent of U.S. adults, or 57 million people, currently pay monthly fees for their checking accounts, such as routine service charges, ATM fees, and overdraft fees. The study also found that 48 percent of them are sacrificing their...