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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
Supreme Court Opts to Hear CFPB Funding Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its long-awaited decision to hear a landmark case in its next term, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America, which will determine once and for all...
CFPB Accuses Big Credit Card Companies of Hurting Consumer Credit Scores by Failing to Report Payments
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has accused the six largest credit card companies in the U.S. of hurting their customers’ credit scores by failing to report their full payments to credit bureaus. The agency said that millions of credit card holders...
NY Fed: U.S. Credit Card Balances Reach Nearly $1 Trillion
The New York Fed’s Household Debt and Credit Report found that credit card balances rose to a record high of $986 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 amid high prices and consistent consumer spending. Total credit card debt rose $61 billion from the quarter before...