Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund

Last chance! Register for tomorrow's webinar with NYC’s Dept of Consumer & Worker Protection. Local governments across the country can learn from their #consumerprotection efforts and step up to protect residents. Join us tomorrow at 1:00PM ET to learn more: bit.ly/cfedcwp

We worked with @weareunidosus.bsky.social & partners to learn about how to communicate the benefits of #BankOn accounts to Latinos. Read the report to learn how community partnerships & bilingual outreach served as tools to break down barriers to financial inclusion bit.ly/4liCM5P

Apply to Summer Jobs Connect (SJC) Academy! SJC connects youth workers to safe banking accounts & financial education opportunities. Academy participants will learn how to integrate banking access into their youth employment programs. Learn more at our 8/6 webinar: bit.ly/summerjobsco...

Don't forget! Register now for our webinar with NYC ’s Dept of Consumer & Worker Protection—the nations’ oldest consumer protection agency. Local governments across the country can learn from their efforts and step up to protect residents. Join us on 7/17 to learn more: bit.ly/cfedcwp

NYC’s Dept of Consumer & Worker Protection is the nation’s largest, oldest consumer protection agency. Local govts across the country can learn from their efforts and step up to protect residents. Join us & NYC DCWP on 7/17 to learn more bit.ly/cfedcwp

Our Director of Research and Membership Engagement Jason Andrade met up with @amaliezinn.bsky.social, research analyst at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social at the recent @cfefund.bsky.social Bank On National Conference in DC.

NEW from our #Skyline newsletter: learn how Monterey-Salinas Transit (CA) and RYDE Racine (WI) are using the shift to digital transit payment systems as an opportunity to help riders join the financial mainstream, connecting them to #BankOn certified accounts bit.ly/3T7UBb5

Thrilled to welcome our newest #CityStart cohort of Kansas City, MO; Memphis, TN; Milwaukee County, WI; Savannah, GA; Springfield, MA; & St. Petersburg, FL! Excited to support these partners as they craft comprehensive blueprints to help local residents build financial stability. bit.ly/3ZeDZlv

Thanks for a great 2025 #BankOn National Conference! Thank you to our generous sponsors; our innovative panelists and speakers; and the more than 200 partners who joined us to learn together and share their work in expanding access to safe accounts. See you in 2027!

Thrilled to be at the National Press Club in D.C. today for the 2025 #BankOn National Conference! We’re joined today by over 200 partners including Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, community partners, and regulatory agencies. Thanks to our sponsors for their generous support of this work!

Only 3 weeks left until the 2025 #BankOn Conference! Join us in DC on 5/28 as we gather with Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, & other partners to share best practices in serving un- & underbanked populations and reflect on the progress of the movement bit.ly/boconf25

NEW: City of Rochester Office of #FinancialEmpowerment Director Angela Rollins joined the latest episode of Public Money Pod to talk about why Rochester and other cities across the country are investing in financial empowerment programming. Listen now: bit.ly/publicmoneypod

The average #FinancialEmpowermentCenter client faces $36K in non-mortgage debt. Reducing that debt can lessen stress, improve mental well-being, and help open opportunities for people to pursue new financial goals. Visit bit.ly/findfec to find your local FEC and make an appointment today.

The #FinancialEmpowermentCenter movement is celebrating over $315M in debt reduced nationwide! That’s eliminating $315M+ in burdens like student loans and medical debt. Learn more about the #FECmovement at www.fecpublic.org.

Congrats to #FirstConvenienceBank, a division of #FirstNationalBankTexas on certifying a 2nd #BankOn account! This is the perfect account for young customers who want to avoid fees. Learn more about the account here: www.1stnb.com/flex-account

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Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) at the NYSE rings the NYSE Opening Bell On Wednesday, April 11, the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in celebrating NYSE Euronext's Annual Financial Literacy Week and the launch of the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund). The bell marks the launch of the newly formed CFE Fund at Living Cities, a new entity that promotes financial stability and growth by development of financial empowerment programs at the municipal level. In honor of the occasion, CFE Co-chairs Jonathan Mintz, NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner, and José Cisneros, City of San Francisco Treasurer, ring The Opening BellSM. About the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) at Living Cities supports municipal efforts to improve the financial stability of households by leveraging opportunities unique to local government. By translating cutting edge experience with large scale programs, research, and policy in cities of all sizes, the CFE Fund at Living Cities assists with the implementation of programs that help families build assets and make the most of their financial resources. The CFE Fund is a project of Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions dedicated to improving the lives of people with low incomes and the cities where they live. The CFE Fund also supports The Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Coalition, which is a coalition of 12 cities that are already implementing broad and innovative empowerment strategies. The CFE Coalition is led by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's representative, New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz, and San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee's representative, Treasurer José Cisneros. The other members are Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; County of Hawai'i, Hawaii; Louisville, Kentucky; Newark, New Jersey; Providence, Rhode Island; San Antonio, Texas; Savannah, Georgia; and Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit cfecoalition.org.

Celebrating 13 years since the CFE Fund was launched at the New York Stock Exchange! Since then we’ve partnered with 145+ local govts to build the municipal financial empowerment movement. We’re grateful to our partners & excited to continue the work to grow peoples’ financial stability bit.ly/39Vhi

We’ll be at the 2025 National Economic Mobility and Opportunity Conference with Howard County discussing how and why local governments around the country are engaging in financial empowerment work to help residents build financial stability. Learn more and register to join us! bit.ly/4i69ZPl

We are excited to share a preview agenda (bit.ly/4iyuxkB) and announce keynote speaker Grovetta N. Gardineer, the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Save your spot now for the 2025 #BankOn Conference! Join us in DC on 5/28 as we gather with Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, & other partners to share best practices in serving un- & underbanked populations and reflect on the progress of the movement bit.ly/boconf25

Our CEO, @annlynhall.bsky.social is excited to join the new #CABQ Office of Financial Empowerment Advisory Board. The #OfficeofFinancialEmpowerment exists to create inclusive & resilient ABQ where financial stability is the cornerstone of community well-being and long-term financial security

Congratulations to the 7 local government partners selected for our small business initiative! The partners will connect their FECs to local small business support services to help address the personal finance barriers that often impede the success of small businesses. Read more: bit.ly/3DGcDwZ

NEW from @insidephilanthropy.com - the critical importance of consumer financial protection work, and why local efforts are more important than ever: bit.ly/3F6867H. Learn about the CFE Fund’s Local Consumer Protection Initiative at bit.ly/3XyK7nJ

NEW from @fedcommunities.bsky.social: Read about the impact of the #BankOn movement & the value of the BOND Hub, a national reporting platform for financial institutions offering Bank On-certified accounts. Read the article here bit.ly/4ir5r6z & visit bit.ly/bondhub25 to learn more

Delma Madrigal shared about no-overdraft & low-cost checking accounts with Diersen Charities staff recently. Diersen provides residential re-entry services supporting individuals released from incarceration the skills & support to re-enter society.

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READ NOW: @insidephilanthropy.com profiled the CFE Fund's origins in #ConsumerFinancialProtection, our work with local governments across the country over the past decade plus, and why municipal financial empowerment is now more critical than ever: bit.ly/4hSyY9p

How One Fund Is Backing Consumer Financial Protection at the Local Level The Bloomberg-backed Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund is supporting consumer-protecting financial services in cities nationwide.

While the Trump/Musk regime kills the #CFPB, the @cfefund.bsky.social is supporting the creation of consumer protection and other financial services at the local level. For @insidephilanthropy.com @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social #philanthropy

Register for the 2025 #BankOn Conference! Join us in DC on 5/28 as we gather with Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, & other partners to share best practices in serving un- & underbanked populations and reflect on the progress of the movement bit.ly/boconf25

Questions about the #BankOn conference? Email us at 2025BOConference@cfefund.org. Register now! bit.ly/boconf25

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Register for the 2025 #BankOn Conference! Join us in DC on 5/28 as we gather with Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, regulatory agencies, & other partners to share best practices in serving un- & underbanked populations and reflect on the progress of the movement bit.ly/boconf25