TODAY AT NOON: CFPB and Libraries Live Webcast (Money Smart Week)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will announce the launch of a partnership with public libraries on Monday, April 7^th. The project will help public libraries provide free, unbiased financial information and referrals. The CFPB will work with libraries to help build local partnerships and to promote them as community resources.

The event will include a panel discussion with CFPB officials, library representatives, and financial education experts. 

Watch the livestream on Monday, April 7, from Noon to 1:30 p.m. ET: 
consumerfinance.gov

Other speakers will include Charles Evans, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director at the American Library Association. 

Opening Remarks

Charles Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Keynote Address

Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Panel Discussion       

Moderator: Gerri Walsh, President, FINRA Investor Education Foundation

Carolyn Anthony, President, Public Library Association

Susan Hildreth, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services

Kerwin Pilgrim, Director, Adult Learning, Brooklyn Public Library

Dan Rutherford,  Senior Content Specialist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Closing remarks

Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director, American Library Association 

Watch the livestream on Monday, April 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET: 
consumerfinance.gov

The event is hosted by CFPB’s Office of Financial Education as part of Money Smart Week.

About CFPB and the Office of Financial Education

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) created the CFPB’s Office of Financial Education to develop and implement initiatives to educate and empower consumers to make better-informed financial decisions. To help do that, the CFPB has teamed up with local public libraries, library associations, state and federal agencies, and national financial education leaders to generate ongoing interest in financial education and develop bottom-up approaches to provide programs and build collections for libraries of all sizes and in all communities