Profitwise News and Views

December 2003 Special Edition

• Financial Assimilation of Immigrants Conference
• Overview
• Morning Session
• Keynote Speaker
• Afternoon Session
• Afternoon Panel Discussion
• From the Editor
• December 2003 Special Edition (PDF, 227KB)

From the Editor
The Consumer and Community Affairs (CCA) Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as noted in PNV September 2003, has launched the Center for the Study of Financial Access of Immigrants. This forum in part represents CCA's commitment to bringing together experts from around the Seventh Federal Reserve District in the field of immigrant financial issues. Future forums will be held around the District (Iowa, portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois) where researchers, government agency representatives, policy makers, community development professionals, and financial service representatives can learn and interact with one another. The next Financial Access for Immigrants forum will be held in Indianapolis on December 17, 2003. For more information on future dates, go to the events web page or call (312) 322-8232.

Michael V. Berry and Kathleen Toledano summarized the conference sessions.

Michael V. Berry joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Consumer and Community Affairs division in December 1995 as a researcher and program manager. He is currently the Manager of the Emerging Consumer and Compliance Issues Unit. Mr. Berry is also the managing editor of (and a frequent contributor to) the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Profitwise News and Views publication. Mr. Berry is a director an co-founder of the Regional Redevelopment Corporation, a nonprofit housing rehabilitation and community development organization formed in 1992. Mr. Berry holds a B.A. in Political Science from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Kathleen Toledano is an analyst in the Consumer and Community Affairs division, Emerging Consumer and Compliance Issues unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Ms. Toledano is currently co-chair of Amicus, the Fed's employee volunteer association. She has been a member of Amicus since joining the bank in 1997. Ms. Toledano studies community development issues and speaks on emerging consumer issues for the Fed. Ms. Toledano holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois Chicago, and attended postgraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Resources
BANSEFI

Hispanic Educational Resources
828 Scott Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 242-0225

Internal Revenue Service

Iowa Legal Aid

Mexican Consulates

Proteus Inc.

State of Iowa, Department of Human Rights

Social Security Administration

Wells Fargo