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Financial services employees are often the first to spot fraud against seniors (“In the D.C. area and across the U.S., scams against senior citizens are on the rise, July 7”). Our member companies and their 2.3 million employees often are the first to identify and prevent fraud and identify theft against seniors. We recently issued updated training for our employees on spotting the warning signs of fraud, working with family and friends of older customers and escalating possible fraud cases to law enforcement and social services authorities. We also work directly with the public and private sectors to educate consumers, including the elderly, about protecting themselves from fraud and financial abuse.

Ted Beattie, the senior profiled in the story, was fortunate to have a son who discovered check payments to a fraudulent handyman. We urge all caregivers to be equally vigilant about the finances of older family and friends.

Anne Wallace
President
Identity Theft Assistance Center

Steve Bartlett
President & CEO
The Financial Services Roundtable

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The HOPE NOW Alliance is an industry-led effort to provide at-risk homeowners with in-depth debt management, credit counseling and overall foreclosure counseling. HOPE NOW has held face-to-face events throughout the country, designed to bring mortgage servicers and nonprofit housing counselors together to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure. Many of the families that attend these Homeownership Preservation Workshops receive decisions on-site or initiate the workout process. All who attend leave with a clearer picture of their mortgage situation.

These are the faces of recovery, and we invite you to hear their stories. Learn more.

Across the country, homeowners can get face-to-face help from servicers and counselors. Find an upcoming event near you.   

GE Capital, in partnership with the Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Women’s Business Institute, has launched the first Banking on Women™ Project in the U.S. The program, part of GE Capital’s “In the Community for the Community” initiative, fosters job creation by supporting women entrepreneurs -- providing specialized training, GE business mentorship and access to finance to enable women to jump-start their own businesses.

Banking on Women reaches over 30,000 women in nine countries, working with local community partners to provide financial literacy and small business/entrepreneurship training for women. Through Banking on Women, GE Capital leverages its employee experts and track record of innovation to support the next generation of women entrepreneurs.   Read More...

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