...unemployment payments. Previously, these payments were disbursed through paper checks or prepaid cards. Both states have ceased payments through prepaid cards, and focused instead onthe availability of safe banking accounts...
This press release announces that 28 banks and credit unions with over 21,300 branches now offer accounts meeting Bank On National Account Standards, newly updated for 2019-2020. Low-cost, low-fee, no-overdraft...
...them in cycles of debt. The Coalition urges the DoD to expand MLA regulations beyond the narrowly defined scope of the types of “consumer credit” subject to protections. Specifically, the...
...cash transfers have often been disbursed via prepaid cards, preventing recipients from connecting to the financial mainstream. This Skyline piece highlights programs in Allegheny County, PA and Milwaukee, WI that...
...over the phone to help people strategize around supports for disruptions to their income and other financial concerns. They helped residents triage financial issues, identify immediate action steps, and make...
...phone-based financial triage and resource referrals; 35 municipal Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) partners are offering, or are working to launch, one-on-one financial counseling through FEC programs; and more than 80...
...has invested over $40 million in this initiative, which has provided 16,500 young people with summer jobs and over 800,000 low-income youth with access to financial education and safe and...
In this July 2023 press release, the CFE Fund announced the expansion of Summer Jobs Connect (SJC) through Summer Jobs Connect Academy, a new entry point for connecting banking access...
The CFE Fund has a number of funding opportunities to support banking access efforts, including the Bank On Capacity Grant: Capacity Grant: The CFE Fund’s Bank On Capacity Grant aims...
In this press release, the CFE Fund announced that there are now more than 100 bank and credit union accounts nationally certified as meeting the Bank On National Account Standards....