CFPB: Join the 2017 Your Money, Your Goals Cohort
We are recruiting organizations to participate in the 2017 Your Money, Your Goals Cohort and we’d like to encourage you to get involved! We are looking for approximately 30 organizations from around the country who are interested in using the Your Money, Your Goals toolkit to help build the financial capability of the people they serve. We are interested in…
ABA: Bankers Celebrate Get Smart About Credit Day, Promote Financial Literacy
Bankers visit classrooms across the country on Oct. 20 to teach credit education WASHINGTON — Bankers across the country are celebrating the American Bankers Association Foundation’s Get Smart About Credit Day today by visiting high school classrooms to teach teens how to use credit effectively. Get Smart About Credit Day, celebrated annually on the third Thursday of…
FDIC: Youth Savings Pilot Symposium Announced
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced that it will hold a symposium on fostering youth savings on Friday, October 21, 2016. The symposium, “Learning to Save – Saving to Learn,” will bring together representatives from nearly 20 banks participating in the FDIC’s Youth Savings Pilot program, as well as non-profit and school partners….
ABA: Foundation Accepting Entries for Lights, Camera, Save! Video Contest
Local banks sponsor teen competition WASHINGTON — Banks nationwide are now accepting entries as a part of the American Bankers Association Foundation’s annual Lights, Camera, Save! video contest. Lights, Camera, Save! is a national contest that encourages teens to use video to communicate the value of sound money management. Through Lights, Camera, Save!, teen participants will create…
FDIC: 16th Annual Bank Research Conference Held in Arlington, Virginia
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Journal for Financial Services Research will sponsor the 16th Annual Bank Research Conference September 8-9, 2016. The conference features a presentation of papers and keynote addresses by FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg and Professor Douglas Diamond of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Chairman Gruenberg will…
ABA: Foundation Seeking Hosts for 7th Annual Lights, Camera, Save! Video Contest
Local banks urged to sponsor teen competition WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association Foundation is urging local banks to participate in its Lights, Camera, Save! video contest. Lights, Camera, Save! is a national contest that encourages teens to use video to communicate the value of sound money management. Through Lights, Camera, Save!, teen participants will create a…
CDFI Fund: 2016 CDFI Prize Competition Now Open
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is calling for interested Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) or CDFI partners to submit ideas for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 CDFI Prize Competition. Up to $1 million is available for awards through the competition. While CDFIs nationwide have made great strides…
ABA: 6 Questions Millennials Should Consider During American Housing Month
WASHINGTON — Millennials looking to make their next housing move face a tough decision – to rent as prices continue to soar but with the flexibility to come and go, or to commit to the world of homeownership and all of its demands while interest rates are near historic lows. In recognition of American Housing…