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Events

Strategies for Reaching the Unbanked and Underbanked Series
Little Rock, AR
October 18, 2007

This series provides financial institutions with the tools they need to create products and programs targeted to the unbanked and underbanked in their communities. The Oct. 18 event will focus on the topics: "Reaching the Unbanked through Stored Value Cards" and "Building Loyalty Through Second-Chance Checking Accounts." The series is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Little Rock Branch.

For more information, contact Julie Kerr at (501) 324-8296 or visit www.stlouisfed.org/community/innovation.

Publications

Estimating the cost of being unbanked.

http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/c&b/2007/spring/article9.pdf

Bringing in the unbanked.

http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/region_focus/winter_2007/pdf/feature3.pdf

Reaching immigrant communities.

http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/c&b/2006/winter/firstperson.pdf

Strategies for banking the unbanked : how bankers are overcoming entrance barriers.

http://www.kansascityfed.org/PUBLICAT/FIP/prs06-1.pdf

Exploring the Valley's unbanked opportunity.
http://www.frbsf.org/news/speeches/2006/1114.html

How effective were the financial safety nets in the aftermath of Katrina?

http://www.phil.frb.org/pcc/papers/2006/HurricaneKatrinaJan06.pdf

New product for unbanked taxpayer.
http://dallasfed.org/ca/epersp/2006/1_5.html

Payday lending: do the costs justify the price?

http://www.chicagofed.org/cedric/files/2005_conf_paper_session1_flannery.pdf

Moving from unbanked to banked: evidence from the Money Smart program.

http://www.chicagofed.org/cedric/files/2005_conf_paper_session3_lyons.pdf

Banking on remittances: increasing market efficiencies for consumers and financial institutions.

http://www.chicagofed.org/cedric/files/2005_conf_paper_session3_hogarth.pdf

Stored-value cards: challenges and opportunities for reaching emerging markets.

http://www.chicagofed.org/cedric/files/2005_conf_paper_session3_jacob.pdf

Strategies for banking the unbanked: are they working?

http://www.clevelandfed.org/CommAffairs/crforum/CR_FORUM_Fall_2005.pdf

Strategies for banking the unbanked: are they working?

http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/BANSAK%20article-final.pdf

Payment cards and the unbanked: prospects and challenges.

http://www.phil.frb.org/pcc/conferences/2005/PaymentCardsandtheUnbankedSummary.pdf

Community Development Web Resources

Federal Reserve System

Federal Regulatory Agencies

Federal Economic Development Agencies

State Banking Agencies in New England

State Economic Development Agencies in New England

Sources of Financing in New England

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | (617) 973-3000
600 Atlantic Avenue | Boston, MA 02210
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 55882 | Boston, MA 02205