CFPB: “Your Money, Your Goals” Webpage Has New Look and New Financial Empowerment Tools
We’ve recently updated the Your Money, Your Goals webpages to make it simpler for staff and organizations to access our tools. This suite of financial empowerment materials provides frontline staff and volunteers at organizations across the country with information to use when having conversations about money with the people they serve. The updates include new…
CFPB: Office of Servicemember Affairs Guides Military through Financial Hurdles
We’re releasing our fifth annual servicemember report, The Office of Servicemember Affairs: charting our course through the military lifecycle. Servicemembers matter. We created this report to highlight some of the most common financial struggles servicemembers face during their military careers. These struggles are well documented in the over 74,000 complaints we have handled from the military…
OCC: Upcoming Financial Literacy Events
Financial Literacy Seminar Series in D.C. May 2017 (Washington, D.C.) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at George Washington University sponsor this initiative bringing together academics, practitioners, policymakers, and other experts to present and discuss cutting-edge research in financial literacy. Financial Coaching Fundamentals and…
OCC: Financial Literacy Event on Capitol Hill Recognizing National Financial Capability Month
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recognized National Financial Capability Month by participating in the annual Financial Literacy Day event held on Capitol Hill. The event is the culmination of activities throughout National Financial Capability Month. At today’s event, the OCC staff distributed financial capability materials including the agency’s Financial…
CFPB: Tracking Success | A Core Set of Financial Outcomes for Financial Empowerment Programs
Today, we’re releasing a core set of financial outcomes to help human services organizations demonstrate the value of building financial empowerment and capability initiatives into their work. Many of these organizations help people access housing, jobs, emergency assistance, or other services they may need to address crises, achieve economic independence, or build assets. Including financial…
FDIC: Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion to Meet This Week
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (ComE-IN) will meet on Thursday, April 27 to discuss measures banks may consider to reach underserved populations, such as collaborations with community-based organizations; resources for affordable mortgage lending; and new research that may be used to more effectively target resources to promote broader access…
ABA: Bankers Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Teaching Children to Save April 28th
Estimated 450,000 children will be reached in 2017 through Teach Children to Save WASHINGTON — Nearly 11,500 bankers will host financial education events across the country this week in celebration of Teach Children to Save Day on April 28. Since 1997, Teach Children to Save and the ABA Foundation’s financial education initiatives have reached approximately…
CFPB: Get Money Smart
Here at the CFPB, we support Money Smart Week (April 22–29) as part of Financial Literacy Month. Throughout the United States, consumers like you are invited to thousands of free financial education classes and seminars held by local and regional organizations. The classes and seminars cover a wide variety of money-management topics such as buying…
ABA: New Survey – Americans Confident in Their Financial Literacy Skills
ABA Foundation offers questions to help consumers see how they stack up WASHINGTON — Nearly two-thirds of adults (62 percent) consider their own financial literacy to be good or excellent, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Bankers Association. However, their perception of the average American isn’t quite…
Federal Reserve: Accepting Applications for its Community Advisory Council
The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday that it is accepting applications from individuals who wish to be considered for membership on the Community Advisory Council (CAC). Formed in 2015, the CAC advises the Board on issues affecting consumers and communities. The CAC is made up of a diverse group of experts and representatives of…