Ally Financial this week, launched a comprehensive set of financial support initiatives to help the people and communities it serves to withstand the extraordinary pressures triggered by the COVID-19 health crisis and be better positioned… Read the rest

The American Financial Services Association joined with other financial-services trade associations on a letter to Congressional leaders in support of pro-consumer policies that will aid ongoing access to credit. You can read the letter… Read the rest

The American Financial Services Association (AFSA) today, March 20, sent a letter to House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chair Maxine Waters highlighting member company responses to the coronavirus pandemic. AFSA was pleased to… Read the rest

Premier Partners provide the American Financial Services Association with significant support to ensure the success of not only the association, but the entire consumer-finance industry. We asked the SourceLink team, AFSA’s March… Read the rest

There are many different ways that the coronavirus threat highlights and intersects with a host of other, seemingly unrelated policy issues. For example, access to health care, the ability of hourly or part time workers to build a social or… Read the rest

As more schools close or move online, we want to highlight the AFSA Education Foundation’s free online personal finance course, MoneySKILL®.

MoneySKILL was developed in 2002 as one of the first personal finance courses available… Read the rest

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on March 18, 2020, approved deposit insurance applications for two companies, Square and Nelnet, to launch two, new industrial banks. The approval of industrial banks, which the American Financial… Read the rest

On March 17th American Financial Services Association President & CEO Bill Himpler, with representatives of other, select trade groups, met via phone with House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) staff to brief them on what the… Read the rest

Join us on March 19 at 2:00 p.m. ET for Understanding & Analyzing Your Merchant Statements, presented by PayNearMe.

Merchant statements can be difficult to understand. No two are alike, and this confusion causes many lenders to underestimate… Read the rest

Premier Partners provide the American Financial Services Association with significant support to ensure the success of not only the association, but the entire consumer-finance industry. We asked the RSM LLC team, AFSA’s January… Read the rest