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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
Improving Access to Credit by Revamping FICO Scores
After years in development, the Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) has unveiled its new credit scoring system called UltraFICO. The new system provides consumers the opportunity to modify their credit score by allowing lenders to use data from the borrowers’...
Interactive Map Shows Importance of Native American Financial Institutions in Combating Credit Deserts
The Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) has recently unveiled a new interactive map of Native American-owned financial institutions. The map includes the locations and asset sizes of banks, credit unions, and community development financial...
A New Pew Report on Installment Loans
Pew Charitable Trusts, an organization founded on religious conviction and oil profits, has published a new report on installment loans, making the argument that state laws are putting the borrowers of these loans at risk. Pew researchers reviewed state...