Meet People Where They’re At Reaching the homeowners who would personally benefit from our services is always a challenge. In an effort to spread the word about our foreclosure mediation program, we’ve attended countless city council meetings, real estate...
According to the data, wealth inequality has increased dramatically over the past 50 years, often along racial lines, with disparities three times as great as income inequality. Since the financial crisis, wealth inequality has grown exponentially as stocks dramatically...
When we discredit JRW we discredit Little League Baseball in the United States. It has been alleged that some members of JRW baseball team did not live within the boundaries prescribed for their team and therefore the JRW Team...
KOMU 8 News took a look at typical products and found a slight increase on the price if you are a woman. For example, women pay 77 cents more for a white T-shirt when shopping in the ladies section,...
OneWest CIT Comment Letter final.pdf This letter to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency comments on the proposed merger between CIT Group and OneWest Bank. The merger highlights several issues that should be...
While the CFPB report includes some recommendations for financial education practitioners and researchers, it does not focus much on implications for government and corporate policies that create the environment in which people take financial action (or not). I’d like...
Outside the cost of extra upkeep, there are plenty of instances of a “woman’s tax” in an age of supposed gender equality. When it comes to buying a plain, white T-shirt, women will pay 77 percent more when shopping...
Proponents of raising the threshold argue that small banks, or community banks, would benefit from this change. According to an American Banker article, small bankers believe that the rules intended for big banks are negatively impacting community banks, ultimately...
Guidance on affordable private student loans Many student borrowers struggle to repay their loans for a variety of reasons: the jobs they take after graduation don’t pay enough to cover monthly loan payments, sudden illnesses or emergencies put a...
“The plan, called Secure Choice, aims at a gap in America’s retirement saving system: Employer-based savings plans are supposed to be an important source of Americans’ retirement income, but large employers are far more likely to offer such plans...