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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
Brown, Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation on Industrial Loan Companies
Earlier this month, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was joined by two of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act, which would require companies that own an...
CFPB Proposes Online Registry of Nonbank Repeat Offenders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Monday proposed requiring certain nonbank financial firms to register with the agency when they become subject to certain local, state, or federal agency court orders. The agency also proposed a plan to publish the...
Nearly Half of Fintech Lenders Now See Regulatory Challenges as Top Concern
A recent survey of 100 fintech industry leaders found that 32 percent of respondents viewed regulatory challenges as the main threat to their businesses in the first quarter of 2022. For data collected between August and October, that number rose to 47 percent. The...