Reaching the Unbanked and Underserved Across America

The Alliance for Economic Inclusion (AEI) is the FDIC's national initiative to establish broad-based coalitions of financial institutions, community-based organizations and other partners in several markets across the country to bring all unbanked and underserved populations into the financial mainstream.

The focus is on expanding basic retail financial services for underserved populations, including savings accounts, affordable remittance products, small-dollar loan programs, targeted financial education programs, alternative delivery channels and other asset-building programs.

To date, 983 banks and organizations have joined AEI nationwide; more than 116,000 new bank accounts have been opened; 31 banks are in the process of offering or developing small-dollar loans; 23 banks are offering remittance products; and more than 102,000 consumers have been provided financial education.