...also can play a unique role in protecting residents’ hard-earned assets. Building off of work begun by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
...Guest Column from our partner in New Haven; a new section that highlights news and updates from the CFE Coalition; and CFE Fund updates on our Board and new website....
...and credit union accounts, with partner financial institutions comprising 56% of the U.S. deposit marketshare. Additionally, the issue describes the launch of a new pilot, Small Business Boost, to bring...
...Fund’s new FEC Public platform. Twelve local governments (Akron, OH; Detroit, MI; Greenville County, SC; Houston, TX; Miami, FL; New Haven, CT; Pittsburgh, PA; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Memphis,...
...new savings indicators for financial counseling success. In 2017, financial counselors at Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs) in Nashville and Philadelphia tested an innovative approach to defining, discussing, and tracking their...
...Houston); Mobile, AL (Bank On South Alabama); New Haven, CT (Bank On New Haven); Summit County, OH (Bank On Rubber City); and Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota, FL (Bank On...
This issue, Issue 24, provides updates on the CFE Fund’s and partner cities’ financial empowerment efforts, including an announcement of a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to help grow the...
This issue, Issue 14, highlights the funding opportunity and scaling of the Financial Empowerment Center initiative under the FEC Public platform; new city partners under the CFE Fund’s CityStart initiative;...
...demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the CFE Fund continued building out its newest program, the Financial Navigator initiative, to help cities provide remote financial triage and referrals; and the...
...jobs and over 500,000 low-income youth with access to financial education and safe and affordable financial services. Summer Jobs Connect city partners, which include Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New...