The primary activities CFSI engages in to achieve its goals around public policy include:

• Developing financial services policies that enhance and expand low- and moderate-income consumers’ access to financial products and services, in both the bank and nonbank sectors

• Bringing policymakers’ and the media’s attention to critical issues related to low- and moderate-income consumers’ access needs and preferences for financial services

• Engaging key stakeholders, including policymakers, industry representatives, advocates, and nonprofits to inform CFSI’s policy proposals, and

• Researching and disseminating policy briefs, research papers, and other educational materials