Our Resources
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
Consumer Demand for Credit Cards On the Rise
Recent research from the New York Fed shows that U.S. consumers continually sought out more credit cards this year with a 27.1 percent credit card application rate for October, up from a 26.5 percent rate the year before. Consumers with high credit scores have seen...
More Consumers Turning to Buy Now Pay Later for Holiday Shopping
A recent report by software and market-research company Adobe Analytics found that the number of buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases rose 68 percent during the week of Black Friday (November 21 through November 27), with revenue from BNPL purchases rising 72 percent...
Senate Banking Committee Holds Nomination Hearing for Gruenberg to Lead FDIC
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing last week for Martin Gruenberg to be chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). Gruenberg has served as acting chair of the agency since the beginning of this year,...