...Bank On movement has certified over 250 bank and credit union accounts, helping newly bank 3.1 million residents. Additionally, the issue announces the second cohort of FEC Academy; shares updates...
...local business support services. This new initiative called Small Business Boost, supported generously by Principal® Foundation, will help local entrepreneurs and small business owners improve their personal finances, better positioning...
Summer Jobs Connect Academy is a new opportunity for local governments and their nonprofit partners to learn how to integrate banking access and financial education into their Summer Youth Employment...
...to join as a supportive funding partner. The CFE Fund is supporting cohorts of new cities or counties interested in launching a Financial Empowerment Center through FEC Academy, an expanded...
...new mayors looking to establish financial empowerment initiatives; reviews Financial Empowerment Center initiative progress; and includes a third In-Kind Technical Assistance grant opportunity for cities interested in replicating the Financial...
...banking products, including a coalition Playbook, coalition capacity grants, and a new national Fellowship opportunity. Other discussion topics included innovations in safe and affordable financial products; strategies for banking access...
This August 2017 press release highlights findings from a new three-year evaluation of the Financial Empowerment Center model. The evaluation draws on data from 22,000 clients and 57,000 counseling sessions...
This issue, Issue 11, includes an update on the Financial Empowerment Center initiative and a new funding opportunity; news from Bank On and the recent conference; and an overview of...
This issue, Issue 18, includes highlights from the second CityStart cohort, a newly selected Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) cohort, as well as exciting program updates for the CFE Fund’s Local...
Chapter 8 of the Bank On Coalition Playbook, Launching or Relaunching a Coalition, provides guidance and a checklist of critical components for new or newly invigorated coalitions as they look...