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CFSI in the News

Filene Research Institute: CFSI Evaluates Finovate Fall 2011 Report Card

Current CFSI grantee The Filene Research Institute evaluated innovative ideas presented at Finovate in the Fall of 2011 in respect to the viability of the idea, relevance to credit unions, and connection to consumer need. Finovate is a conference for financial technology ...

Posted: January 2012

Doorways to Dreams: CFSI Previous Grantee Announces Winners of Save to Win

Previous CFSI grantee, Doorways to Dreams, has announced the winners of their program Save to Win initiative in Michigan in a report this month. The Save to Win initiative was started to encourage savings behavior by offering participants the chance to win prizes for ...

Posted: December 2011

Houston, We Have a Solution

CFSI's grantee, The Filene Research Institute, published an article this week highlighting the progress of the LIFT initiative. LIFT will include the study of automobile loans to 1,200 LMI consumers with subprime credit scores with the results being published in 2013. Recently, Filene had guest ...

Posted: November 2011

Press Releases

CFSI Hosts Inaugural Workshop of the Financial Capability Institute

October 2011 | IL

 Chicago, IL- November 1, 2011 –The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) today commenced the inaugural workshop for the Financial Capability Institute, sponsored by the Citi Foundation. The goal of the Institute is to build a pipeline of high-performing, well-positioned nonprofits that ...

CFSI to Ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE to Celebrate Financial Literacy Week

Financial Capability Innovation Fund Grantees and Funders to join CFSI’s Jennifer Tescher and Sarah Gordon on the bell podium.

Posted: April 2011

CFSI releases The Nonprofit Guide to Prepaid Cards

A new resource for nonprofit organizations serving underbanked consumers, sponsored by The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA) and NetSpend
 
Chicago, IL, September 15, 2010—Today the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), in collaboration with NBPCA,  NetSpend and the Annie E. Casey ...
Posted: September 2010

Research Papers

CFSI and Asset Funders Network - Financial Services and Asset-Building Brief

Millions of lower-income consumers lack access to high-quality financial products and services that simultaneously meet their short-term needs and prepare them for long-term financial success. Dramatic changes in technology, demography and the structure of the financial services industry provide new ...

Posted: December 2008

Nonprofit Innovations for the Underbanked: Trends and Developments

by Sarah E. Gordon

An increasing number of nonprofit organizations have entered the underbanked market as facilitators or service providers, resulting in a broader array of affordable and well-designed products and services that provide asset-building opportunities for underbanked consumers.  Nonprofit organizations are innovating in ways that ...

16 pp.   
Posted: September 2008

Meeting Them Where They Work

Meeting Them Where They Work: The Promise of Financial Services Distribution in the Workplace

This report outlines a variety of ongoing and emerging opportunities to distribute financial services through the workplace. The foundation for this paper is based on presentations given at the ...

11 pp.   
Posted: August 2005

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