...Network gatherings, and engage a range of key Canadian stakeholders to further financial empowerment strategies. As the leading financial empowerment nonprofit organization in Canada, Prosper Canada is dedicated to expanding...
Canada has a population of 35 million and is the third largest country in North America. The CFE Fund has been working since 2015 with Canada and leading community partner...
...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...
This issue, Issue 4, previews the Bank On 2.0 National Conference, provides an update on the Summer Jobs Connect initiative, and highlights the Spent: Looking for Change documentary....
...on its programmatic experience working with over 80 municipal governments and community organizations across the country, the CFE Fund urged the CFPB not to change the Overdraft Rule. Overdraft fees...
...proposed reform of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The letter expresses the CFE Fund’s concern that a change to the CRA evaluation methodology that focuses purely on quantifiable CRA activities...
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...
...Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment. The Coalition recommends a number of factors that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination process should take into account. First, the Coalition encourages...
This issue, Issue 7, provides a number of Bank On updates, including the launch of the Bank On National Account Standards, the announcement of the Bank On Capacity Grant Fund,...