New, Safe and Affordable Credit Options for America’s Underbanked
Lessons Learned, Trends, and Implications for Government Policy
- In-Person
- New America
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 8AM – 1:30PM EDT
On behalf of the Pew
Charitable Trusts, New America Foundation, and the Center for Financial Services
Innovation, it is our pleasure to invite you to attend a jointly sponsored
symposium on new
avenues to credit for consumers and small businesses. This event, set for
October 23, 2009 at the Capitol, will focus on expanding access to small dollar loans for the
underserved and on innovative models for building credit and financing domestic
micro-enterprise. Leaders in Congress, the administration, and industry will
participate in this half-day gathering to identify public policies and recommendations for this
critical financial area. Chairman Barney Frank will kick off the symposium with opening remarks.
As our economy emerges from
this recession, it is increasingly important that we make it possible for all
working Americans to participate in the recovery. We need to articulate polices
to support new and innovative lending mechanisms that will allow ordinary
Americans to get credit, to access our financial system, and to move up the
financial ladder. This symposium will gather together policy makers, experts,
academics and stakeholders to forge sound and achievable policy goals to
increase access to credit for the underserved.
Space is limited: Please RSVP to Christine McCormick at Pew: cmccormick@pewtrusts.org.
Participants