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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
UPDATE: Tug-o-War The Unpredictable Fate of the CFPB
UPDATE: On February 16th, the D.C. Circuit court announced that it would rehear the PHH case en banc. Its previous ruling is now vacated, including the Court’s holding that the structure of the CFPB is unconstitutional. The constitutionality question is expected to be...
Hensarling , the CHOICE Act and CFPB UDAAP Authority
On February 6th, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R- TX), shared a memorandum to his leadership team outlining his vision on restructuring the Dodd-Frank Act, including subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
FinTech 101
You may have heard the word “FinTech,” but what exactly does it mean? FinTech stands for “financial technologies” and represents new financial methods of services such as smart phone money transfers, online small business loans, bitcoin and blockchain based public...