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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
BNPL Providers Building Rewards Programs to Compete
Recently, with several buy now/pay later (BNPL) fintechs’ valuations having collapsed and a proposed merger falling through, many BNPL providers are launching rewards programs. Although the dollar value of rewards for smaller BNPL purchases is less than that of credit...
Equifax Sent Lenders Inaccurate Credit Scores on Millions of Consumers
For three weeks earlier this year, Equifax Inc. sent inaccurate consumer credit scores to lenders resulting in denied applications and higher interest rates for millions of borrowers. Blaming the problem on a “technology coding issue,” scores were sometimes off by 20...
Senate Indian Affairs Chairman Praises Senate-Passed Inflation Reduction Act’s Funding for Native Communities
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed its Inflation Reduction Act, legislation the Democratic majority put forward to combat climate change, lower health care costs, raise taxes on some of the wealthiest corporations, and reduce the federal deficit. The bill’s passage...