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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
Oregon Legislature Votes to Opt out of DIDMCA Interest Rate Export Provisions
Lawmakers in Oregon last week approved House Bill 4116—which opts the state out of a provision in the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA)— reinforcing the state’s 36 percent cap on consumer loan interest rates. The...
Judges Grapple With Whether Trump Administration Can Gut CFPB Workforce
A federal appeals court hearing this week underscored the deep legal stalemate over whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can dramatically shrink its workforce under the Trump Administration. During nearly three hours of oral arguments before the United...
White House Council of Economic Advisers: CFPB Rules Cost Consumers Up to $369 Billion
A new report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) claims that regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have cost consumers between $237 billion and $369 billion since the agency’s creation in 2011. According to the...