This issue, Issue 21, details how the CFE Fund and our city partners continued to respond to COVID-19. Financial Empowerment Center initiative partners received CFE Fund support to meet increased...
...either program, please contact Sol Vilera Ramos, Manager. The Financial Navigators initiative helped residents deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing remote assistance in navigating critical...
...may undermine support for broader financial inclusion efforts that are more difficult to value, such as increasing access to safe and affordable banking accounts and investments in account opening partnerships....
The CFE Fund’s Next Generation Municipal Financial Empowerment Award grows the municipal financial empowerment field by cultivating and supporting innovative ideas from new mayoral administrations. This May 2015 press release...
...critical to local governments as they allocate limited resources, are accountable to residents for quality services, and seek program sustainability across administration changes. Based on programmatic experience from the Financial...
...ratio as an alternative to the full payment test to enable financial institutions to offer lower-cost, sustainable installment loans; lenders should be required to meet a clearly defined maximum annual...
This American Banker article highlights the Bank On National Account Standards launch, and financial institution and regulatory support, in San Francisco....
This issue, Issue 6, announces the city recipients of In-Kind Technical Assistance grants to launch and replicate the Financial Empowerment Center initiative; provides updates on the four new pilot programs...
...In-Kind Technical Assistance Grants to support Financial Empowerment Center replication, highlights a Bank On launch event in Louisville, and gives an overview of Financial Empowerment Center client accomplishments to date....
Financial Empowerment Centers offer free, professional, one-on-one financial counseling to enable residents to address their financial needs and plan for their futures. In this February 2014 press release, the CFE...