March 26, 2007
HP-327

Treasury to Host Conference on Reaching the Unbanked

The U.S. Treasury Department will host a regional conference in Seattle, Wash. tomorrow to discuss ways to bring the more than 10 million unbanked families into the financial mainstream. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education Dan Iannicola, Jr. will join officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, the National Credit Union Administration and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions to kick off the day-long meeting.

The regional conference is the third in a series of national discussions that will be held as part of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission's National Strategy for Financial Literacy. Proceedings of the conferences will be compiled to provide a report on current and best practices for serving unbanked individuals.

Who:              
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education Dan Iannicola, Jr.

What:           
Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Northwest Regional Conference on Reaching the Unbanked

When:           
Tuesday, March 27  9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. PDT

Where: Grand Hyatt
721 Pine Street
Seattle, Wash.