Our Resources
A Digital Financial Literacy Program
Too many consumers mismanage their budgets, make uninformed investment decisions, and fail to properly plan for the future. NAFSA is committed to empowering people with the skills they need to change this trend and thrive financially. NAFSA’s Financial Literacy Program offers an assortment of digital modules covering a wide variety of financial topics, including building emergency savings, mortgage education, and retirement planning.
Tribal Online Lending Best Practices
NAFSA has developed Best Practices for the exclusive use of all NAFSA Members as it relates to their Tribal Online Lending businesses. We believe these Best Practices will help ensure consumer protection, quality service, and positive customer and industry interactions during the life of the loans made by tribal lending entities who are NAFSA members. Our Best Practices apply to all stages of the loan, including marketing, origination, servicing, collecting, and ongoing data privacy.
The Latest Financial News
Senator Warren Urges Fed Chair to Not Weaken Bank Supervision Process
Earlier this month, Senator Elizabeth Warren—who serves on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs—sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressing her concerns about potential efforts to weaken the Federal Reserve’s role in...
Senators Introduce Legislation to Increase Tribal Broadband Access
Last week, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020, legislation that would help bring broadband digital access to Native Communities. In a press release...
U.S. Household Debt Reaches New Record of More than $14 Trillion
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, overall household debt rose to $14.15 trillion in 2019, setting a new record. Driven by an increase in mortgage loans and credit card debt, Americans added $193 billion of debt during the fourth quarter of last year....