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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
CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Saying Big Tech Digital Marketers Can be Held Liable for Unfair and Deceptive Practices
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule warning that digital marketing providers must comply with federal consumer finance protections. In a press release announcing the rule, the Bureau said that “digital...
N.Y. Fed Finds that Student Loan Freeze Led to Improvements in 30 Million Consumers’ Credit Scores
Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said that the freeze on student loan payments from the pandemic drastically improved credit scores of Americans who borrowed money for college. Roughly 30 million people saw gains in their risk profile, with a...
BNPL Lenders Want In On Credit Reports
With Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) products continuing to gain in popularity as a payment method for consumers, some in the BNPL industry are now exploring ways to report data about consumers’ repayment of BNPL loans to credit bureaus in ways that help consumers build...