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ABA: Businesses, Financial Groups and ABA Join to Oppose Proposed Tax Information Reporting Requirement

The American Bankers Association today joined more than 40 organizations representing a cross-section of financial and business interests in sending a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and all members of the House of Representatives strongly opposing a proposal under consideration as part of the reconciliation […]

ABA: Statement on Bank On Account Milestone

“We are thrilled to learn that more than 100 financial institutions, including a growing number of America’s banks, now offer low-cost Bank On certified accounts. We congratulate the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, which created the Bank On standards, for this important achievement and for the CFE Fund’s ongoing efforts […]

ABA: Report Shows Addressing Unbanked & Underbanked Challenges Requires Multifaceted Approach

Enhancing existing programs, highlighting no- and low-cost bank account offerings, improving financial education, expanding broadband internet access, and encouraging the opening of bank accounts during government benefit program enrollment will help address the unbanked/underbanked challenge in the United States. A new report, Delivering Financial Products and Services to the Unbanked and […]

CDFI Fund: FY 2021 Small Dollar Loan Program Round Opens for Applications

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding round for the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) today. SDL Program funding is intended to expand consumer access to financial institutions by providing alternatives to high cost small dollar […]

FDIC: Banker Teleconference on November 28th to Cover FDIC 2017 National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households

FIL-73-2018 Summary: The FDIC will discuss the results of its 2017 biennial National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households during a teleconference scheduled for Wednesday, November 28, 2018, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Other topics to be discussed include economic inclusion resources pertinent to community banks, including […]

FDIC: Share of U.S. Households without a Bank Account Drops

The number of U.S. households without a bank account fell significantly in 2015, according to the National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Thursday. Seven percent of U.S. households were unbanked in 2015. That was the lowest share in the survey’s […]

FDIC: Advisory Committee Will Meet to Discuss Unbanked/Underbanked Survey

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (ComE-IN) will meet on Thursday, October 20, to discuss the results and release of the full FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households. Other topics for discussion by the advisory committee include expanding access to safe transaction accounts, as […]

CFPB: Strong Federal Protections for Prepaid Account Customers Finalized

New Rule Includes ‘Know Before You Owe’ Prepaid Disclosures WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized strong federal consumer protections for prepaid account users. The new rule requires financial institutions to limit consumers’ losses when funds are stolen or cards are lost, investigate and resolve errors, and […]

CFPB: Project Catalyst Research Pilot – Tools for Saving

Over the past three years the Bureau has launched a series of initiatives focused on empowering consumers with resources and tools to help increase their financial capability and to build savings. These efforts include “Your Money, Your Goals,” a nationwide effort to provide financial education and tools to those working […]

CFPB: Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the results of a Project Catalyst research project finding that offering a small incentive to prepaid card users to put some of their money into a savings “wallet” doubled uptake of the wallet. The study also found that the consumers […]