Financial Access for Immigrants: Emerging Market Opportunities
On Thursday, June 21, 2007, the Consumer and Community Affairs division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, together with The Latino Connection and Black Hawk College, held a conference entitled, "Financial Access for Immigrants: Emerging Market Opportunities." This conference explored the experience of the many immigrants to the Quad Cities area in accessing and obtaining financial services, including: savings and checking accounts, loans, business credit, credit cards, and remittance services, as well as other issues surrounding the financial access of immigrants, such as employment, housing, education, and social services. The speakers included area bankers, academics, regulatory specialists, immigrant leaders, and business representatives.
Who Should Attend
This event focused on bankers, employers of immigrant workers, researchers and academics interested in immigrant and working-poor issues, public and private agencies serving immigrants and low-income workers, and other financial institutions involved in serving immigrant populations in the area.
This conference was presented with the cooperation and collaboration of:
Davenport Civil Rights Commission (Judith Morrell)
Dvorak, Nora
First National Bank, Davenport (Richard Lamb)
Group O (Robert Ontiveros)
IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union (Sylvia Mendez)
Illinois Bankers Association
Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce (Sue Martel)
Iowa Bankers Association
Project Now (Stella Schneekloth and Marilyn Crowe)
RiverStone Group (Robert Imler)
Southeast National Bank (Tom Robinson)
The Success Network/Partners in Job Placement and Training (Jamie McLaughlin)