Check Cashing

Center for Urban Pedagogy: Money Breakdown Videos

The Center for Urban Pedagogy has released a series of short animations and videos that summarize basic financial education. Rob Levy, Manager, Innovation and Research, was interviewed in a number of the videos, and describes CFSI's take on alternative financial service providers, and ...

Posted: January 2012

Bank Rate: Check Cashing, Still not a Good Deal

Check cashing is expensive for consumers. Banks have generally neglected this market, but recently the tides have been changing. Kimberly Gartner, Vice President of Advisory Services, CFSI, commented that there has been an increase in the number of banks working on offering these ...

Posted: November 2011

Regions rolling out non-traditional financial services with Regions Now Banking

CFSI and Core Innovation Capital's Knowledge Brief was referenced in this article regarding Regions Bank and the reloadable VISA card and Western Union services they are rolling out to both customers and those who don't have a relationship with the bank.

The ...

Posted: November 2011

Cash From the Boss to Replace Payday Loans

By John Tozzi, Small Business Writer for Businessweek.com

When Kendra Beasley and her husband separated last spring, her bank account was empty and she needed cash for a deposit on a new rental home. Instead of going to a payday lender as she ...

Posted: October 2011

VALID Systems Success Story

The traditional entry point for a banking relationship, the checking account, frequently does not appeal to underbanked consumers. Check cashing can be a valuable way to acquire new customers. VALID Systems develops check cashing technology and transaction processing solutions for implementation in ...

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Posted: November 2006

From the Margins to the Mainstream

From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Guide to Building Products and Strategies for Underbanked Markets (for chapter links, see below)

The Retail Financial Services Initiative (RFSI) is a three-year project organized by NCIF that seeks to increase the quantity and quality of ...

Posted: November 11, 2005

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