The CFE Fund’s Skyline Newsletter Highlights Transit Banking Access Integrations
The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund’s regular Skyline newsletter spotlights cutting edge financial empowerment work happening on the ground in cities and counties across the country. The latest issue highlights how two local transit agencies used the shift to contactless payment to help bring riders into the financial mainstream. Read the full issue here.
2025 Bank On National Conference
Today at the 2025 Bank On National Conference, over 200 partners from across the banking access field gathered to celebrate movement progress, marking ten years since the start of the movement. The conference featured a keynote address by Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy Grovetta N. Gardineer. There are now over 500 Bank On nationally certified accounts, offered by banks and credit unions representing more than two-thirds of the domestic deposit market. Federal and state agencies from the FDIC to the Internal Revenue Service to state Departments of Labor are pointing consumers to Bank On accounts to receive payments, as are local programs across the country. There are nearly 100 local Bank On coalitions working to advance this national movement, including an increasing number of statewide coalitions. Check out the Conference agenda here.
Register Now: 2025 Bank On National Conference
Registration is now open for the 2025 Bank On National Conference – register now to save your seat! Our biennial Bank On National Conference will be held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on May 28th, 2025. The biennial Bank On National Conference brings together hundreds of local Bank On coalitions, financial institutions, banking regulators, elected officials, and other partners from across the country to share best practices in serving unbanked and underbanked populations, reflect on the progress of the Bank On initiative, and inform future Bank On efforts — we hope you’ll join us! Check out the agenda here.