This press release announced a $1 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to increase the size of the Bank On Fellowship Program, which funds a full-time Bank On coalition...
...of real-time payment and settlement systems as one of the top barriers discouraging people from connecting into the stability of the financial mainstream, and urges a real time payment system....
This press release announced a $1 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to double the size of the Bank On Fellowship Program, which funds a full-time Bank On coalition...
...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...
...the short-term lending market that trap them in cycles of debt, and offers a number of recommendations. These include: the proposed full payment test should include standardized, transparent methods for...
...Empowerment Center initiative, the CFE Fund offers a number of recommendations to the Commission. These include: encourage federally funded programs, including block grants, to bake evaluation into program design; support...
...empowerment programming efforts. This brief details why municipal leaders have invested in this critical work, outlines the work of OFEs, and highlights how a number of cities launched their OFEs....
Across the country, a number of local governments are increasing the availability of youth savings opportunities for families, with the goal of improving the likelihood that students of limited means...
Across the country, a number of local governments are increasing the availability of youth savings opportunities for families, with the goal of improving the likelihood that students of limited means...
...empowerment strategies to build their residents’ financial stability, with a number of localities moving beyond a single program or policy to a dedicated Office of Financial Empowerment. Across more than...