Publications and Other Resources

FDIC Publications

• Findings from the FDIC Survey of Bank Efforts to Serve the Unbanked and Underbanked
  (FDIC Quarterly, 2009 Volume 3, Number 2)
• Alternative Financial Services: A Primer
  (FDIC Quarterly, 2009 Volume 3, Number 1)
• Financial Institution Letter 88-2008: Best Practices from the FDIC's Forum on Mortgage Lending for Low- and Moderate-Income Households (September 4, 2008)
• Building Assets, Building Relationships: Bank Strategies for Encouraging Lower-Income Households to Save (FDIC Quarterly, 2008 Volume 2, Number 1)
• Individual Development Accounts and Banks: A Solid "Match"
  (FDIC Quarterly, 2007 Volume 1, Number 1)
• Financial Institution Letter 50-2007 Affordable Small-Dollar Loan Products: Final Guidelines (June 19, 2007)
• Financial Institution Letter 46-2007 Financial Education Survey Shows FDIC's Money Smart Program Improves Consumers' Money-Management Practices and Financial Confidence (June 8, 2007)
• Financial Institution Letter 5-2007: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA): A Reminder and Update About Potential CRA and Business Opportunities
  (January 16, 2007)
• "Linking International Remittance Flows to Financial Services: Tapping the Latino Immigrant Market"
  Supervisory Insights Winter 2004
• "Banks Are Still Sizing Up Opportunities in the Growing Hispanic Market"
  FDIC Outlook Winter 2004

Selected FDIC Resources

• Chairman's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion
• FDIC Small Dollar Loan Pilot Program
• The FDIC’s National Bank and Household Unbanked and Underbanked Surveys
• Foreclosure Prevention
• FDIC Money Smart: A Financial Education Program
• Conference on Affordable, Responsible Loans for the Military: Programs and Prototypes (December 6, 2006).
• Conference on Affordable, Responsible Short-Term Credit (September 29, 2005).
• Tapping the Unbanked Market Symposium(November 5, 2003)