Financial Inclusion for Immigrant Consumers: NY

Financial Inclusion for Immigrant Consumers: NY Roundtable

The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions invites you to attend Financial Inclusion for Immigrant Consumers in New York City, part of a national campaign to link unbanked and underbanked immigrants in the US with credit union products and services for immigration and legalization efforts.

Thursday, February 12, 2015 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Catholic Charities International Center, 80 Maiden Lane, 13th floor, New York, NY

Of the 10 million unbanked households in the US, nearly 20 percent are foreign-born, non-citizen households. With President Obama's recently announced Executive Order that provides deportation relief for nearly half of the undocumented immigrants in the US today, credit unions face a historic opportunity to bring these unauthorized workers and their families into the financial mainstream.

Our agenda includes speakers from credit unions successfully serving immigrants to representatives of city immigration services and financial products and services designed specifically for immigrants and the undocumented.

Agenda

9:00 am: Welcoming remarks - Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

9:20 am: Keynote address - Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain, Consul General of Mexico in New York, introduced by John Lewis, General Counsel, United Nations FCU

9:40 am: Introductions and Roundtable Objectives - Cathie Mahon, President and CEO, and Pablo DeFilippi, VP of Membership, Federation

10:00 am: Governmental Policies and Responses to Promote Inclusion for Immigrants

Moderator: Cathie Mahon

Shyconia Burden, US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Sonia Lin, New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Francisco Tovar, Consulate-General of Mexico in New York

11:00 am: Credit Union Experience from the Field

Moderator: Dey Del Rio, Co-Director, New Economy Project

Rebecca Pear, Brooklyn Cooperative FCU
Rob Suarez, Bethpage FCU

11:40 am: Leveraging Partnerships: How Credit Unions and Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Can Structure Collaboration to Integrate Each Other's Core Competencies

Moderator: Pablo DeFilippi