The Passage to Banking
Linking immigrants to mainstream financial services

November 21, 2002
New York, NY

AGENDA

8:00-8:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome
Elizabeth Ann Rodriguez
Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
8:45-9:15 Immigrant Advances in Metropolitan New York

Andrew A. Beveridge

Professor of Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Presentation
Handout
Demographic Map 1
Demographic Map 2
Website http://www.socialexplorer.com/
9:15-9:45 Immigrants and Financial Services: Needs and Barriers
Charles Kamasaki
Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza
Transcript of Remarks
9:45-10:15 The Patriot Act: Implications for Serving Immigrants
James K. Hodgetts
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
U.S. Treasury Report to Congress on Section 326
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 Addressing the Financial Service Needs of Low- and Moderate-Income Immigrants:
Innovative Products and Strategies
Moderator: Charles Kamasaki

Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza

Michael Chan
President, Northeast Community Federal Credit Union (San Francisco, CA)
Wafiq Fannoun

President, Reba Free, LLC &Business Development Specialist, Northside Residents Redevelopment Council (Minneapolis, MN)

Handout

Diana Mejia
Director, Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center (Morristown, NJ)
Handout
Rebeca Vargas

Vice President, Citigroup

Press Release: Money Card
Press Release: Together in America
Respondent:
Margaret Chin
Deputy Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality

Additional Resources:

From the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis:
Newsletter: Financing for Interest-Averse Populations

From the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas:
Article: Matriculas Consulares

From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis:
Article: Banking Latino Immigrants

From the National Council of La Raza:

Report: Financial Services & Hispanic Americans
Report: Financial Insecurity Amid Growing Wealth
Report: Saving for America's Future
Testimony: Financial Literacy and Education
Report: Hispanic Families and the Earned Income Tax Credit

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