Local governments have significant opportunities to flex their consumer financial protection muscles to protect residents and safeguard financial empowerment gains. Today, the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, with generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is convening partners from across the country for our 3rd National Convening on Local Consumer Financial Protection in Washington D.C. This event, hosted by our partners at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), features a keynote conversation with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and CFE Fund CEO Jonathan Mintz – watch the 10 AM EST livestream of their conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7c3ieTJ05A. We also are thrilled to announce two new resources for the field – the CFE Fund’s Local Consumer Financial Protection Initiative (CFPI) website and the CFE Fund’s first podcast series, Partner Voices: Interviews from the Field. The CFPI website is a resource for local governments across the country, highlighting tools and resources that demonstrate how they can protect residents in the financial marketplace through utilizing government authority. Visit www.protectinglocalconsumers.org for more! On our new CFPI podcast channel, you can hear from leaders across the country on how they approach consumer protection work and how other local governments can replicate their impact. Check out the first podcast now: https://protectinglocalconsumers.org/partner-voices (fb)

Thrilled to kick off today's #BankOn2023 National Conference in Washington, DC! We're joined by keynote speakers FDICgov Chairman Gruenberg + The U.S. Department of the Treasury OCC Acting Comptroller Hsu; Bank On financial institution partners and coalition leaders; local government partners, community nonprofits, and more! The #BankOn movement has grown exponentially since we last gathered virtually in 2021 - we're proud to celebrate 100+ Bank On coalitions, 375+ Bank On certified accounts, and the movement of the national unbanked rate to its lowest recorded level as banking access is connected to large-scale programmatic and payment opportunities. Thank you to our supportive funders, including seed sponsor JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, Citi, and Wells Fargo as well as the dozens of other partners supporting #BankOn! (fb)