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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
Banking Chairman Brown and Democratic Colleagues Push CFPB to Improve Lending for Women-owned, Minority-owned, and Small Businesses
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and several of his Democratic colleagues recently sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra urging the agency to...
Bank of America Cutting Overdraft Fees to $10, Eliminating NSF Fees
As banks across the country examine their overdraft policies under criticism from consumer advocates, with several eliminating overdraft fees altogether, Bank of America recently announced that it is cutting its overdraft fees from $35 to $10 and eliminating...
Survey Finds 40% of Credit Card Debtors Don’t Know Their Interest Rate
A recent consumer survey commissioned by Bankrate found that 40 percent of credit card debtors don’t know the interest rate on their primary card with a balance. Bankrate measured the average credit card rate at 16.3 percent, and the Federal Reserve measured it at...