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Press Releases

CFSI launches Policy Initiative to address access to sound financial products for the Underbanked

November 2, 2009 | IL

New Policy Director Melissa Koide to champion federal financial services policy

CHICAGO - November 2, 2009 - The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) announced today the launch of a significant policy initiative to provide national leadership and new ideas on public policies ...

2 pp.

Research Papers

Highlights from the 3rd Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum

by Sarah Berke, Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini, and Michaeal J. Herrmann

Having recognized the great opportunity underbanked consumers represent for financial services, participants at the Third Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum turned their attention to better understanding this potential market. The forum, presented by SourceMedia in conjunction with the Center for Financial Services ...

18 pp.

Posted: October 2008

Toward Better Informed Consumers: A Collection of Strategies from Financial Institutions

by Kimberly Gartner

Federal regulators first required credit card disclosures in 1968 as a way to help consumers make better-informed decisions about using their cards. But several indicators suggest that disclosures have not been fulfilling their intended purpose. Revolving debt is up, credit card products ...

14 pp.

Posted: September 2007

Breaking the Savings Barrier: How the Federal Government can Build an Inclusive Financial System

by Anne Stuhldreher, New America Foundation, and Jennifer Tescher, CFSI

This report provides recommendations for federal policymakers to engage with the financial services industry to bring millions of un- and underbanked consumers into the financial mainstream.

20 pp.

Posted: February 2005