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How credit unions can maximize financial inclusion for members

Financial Inclusion
Here is a statistic to grab your attention: According to a Financial Health Network study, underserved consumers spent $189 billion on fees and interest across five financial product categories in 2018 that included short-term credit. It shouldn’t come as a surprise when the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) estimates that 57 percent of consumers […]
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Why CDFIs Are Exactly What Consumers Need Right Now

Financial Inclusion
In early April of this year, NPR ran a story on the underbanked and what it meant to run one’s financial life outside the American banking system. Whether it’s the perception of higher fees, lack of trust, or something else, 63 million underbanked or unbanked Americans do not use a financial institution to save money, cash checks, apply for […]
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