Latest News from CFSI

Confirmed Speakers Sneak Peek for the Underbanked Financial Services Forum

Last year, the Underbanked Financial Services Forum drew more than 600 participants to discuss the future of the marketplace for the underbanked. For the 7th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, it is expected that individuals from bank and credit union executives, entrepreneurs, ...

Posted: February 2012

Confirmed Speakers Sneak Peek for the Underbanked Financial Services Forum

Last year, the Underbanked Financial Services Forum drew more than 600 participants to discuss the future of the marketplace for the underbanked. For the 7th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, it is expected that individuals from bank and credit union executives, entrepreneurs, ...

Posted: February 2012

2012 America Saves Week To Be Held February 19-26

Every year, CFSI participates in America Saves Week, coordinated by the America Saves campaign and the American Savings Education Council (ASEC). During the week, ASW and ASEC partner with thousands of organizations with a goal to reach millions of Americans with savings advice, ...

Posted: January 2012

Toss out your wallet, keep your phone

John Moe of the program Future Tense interviews CFSI Innovation Director Rachel Schneider as she discusses the future of mobile payment technology in this audio segment. Technology is getting to the point where you no longer will need a wallet to conduct ...

Posted: August 2010

The Financial Capability Innovation Fund

The Financial Capability Innovation Fund: Supporting strategies that provide Americans access to the financial products and educational tools they need to change their lives.

Next month CFSI will launch the Financial Capability Innovation Fund, a new grant fund to support ground-breaking nonprofit-led projects ...

Posted: August 2010

First Task for the New Consumer Bureau: Redefine Product Quality and Fairness

Written by CFSI's Jennifer Tescher
In this month’s American Banker column, Jennifer Tescher discusses the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and what it means for products and policies targeting underbanked consumers. The agency will have the power ...

Posted: July 2010

CFSI Interchange Comment Letter

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) issued a statement today on the specific language in the Financial Regulatory Reform bill that would regulate interchange fees, recommending prepaid cards – including government benefits cards, general purpose prepaid cards, payroll cards – be ...

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Posted: June 17, 2010

CFSI Welcomes Steven Dow and Eric Rodriguez as Members of the Board

CFSI is happy to announce two new additions to our Board of Directors, Steven Dow and Eric Rodriguez. Steven and Eric bring many years of experience in dealing with issues affecting the underbanked

Steven Dow has been the Executive Director of the Community Action ...
Posted: March 2010

Prepaid Expo Scholarship Winners Announced

CFSI is pleased to announce the winners our 2010 Prepaid Expo nonprofit scholarship program. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA) and NetSpend, representatives from five nonprofit organizations that are actively integrating prepaid cards into their programming were ...

Posted: March 2010

ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum

Rachel Schneider, Innovation Director at CFSI, will be speaking at the 17th annual ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum from October 18-20th in Las Vegas. This year’s conference will focus on three of the most significant opportunities for financial institutions today—self service and cash ...
Posted: August 2009

Call for Presentations: 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) invites you to submit presentation proposals for the 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum in Miami, Fl on June 9-11, 2010.

CFSI is currently building the agenda and sessions for the 2010 Underbanked Financial Services Forum ...

Posted: August 2009

CFSI Comments on Consumers Union Report on Prepaid Cards

Statement in response to Consumers Union Report: Prepaid Cards: Second-Tier Bank Account Substitute.

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Posted: August 13, 2009

CFSI, PERC, and CFED seek your support of an Alternative Data Initiative

Dear Friends and Supporters:

The Political and Economic Research Council (PERC at www.infopolicy.org ), the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI at www.cfsinnovation.com), and the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED at www.cfed.org ) seek your support ...

Posted: July 2009

CFSI: Innovation in Action

 

Funded through a generous donation from the Citi Foundation, the video offers detailed success stories from customers using prepaid cards, new small-dollar loan products, and in-bank check cashing and second chance accounts, told in their own words. The video showcases leading innovations ...

Posted: June 2009

Innovative Financial Tools for Serving the Underbanked: A Summary

Conference summary from Innovative Financial Tools for Serving the Underbanked

Co-sponsored by CFSI and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

The term underbanked describes the roughly 40 million U.S. households who either do not have a banking relationship ...

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Posted: May 2009

CFSI Supports America Saves Week 2009

America Saves Week 2009 kicks off February 22nd and is a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups help individuals and families save and build wealth. At CFSI, we advise our roundtable companies, encourage

Posted: February 2009

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