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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
Tribal Economic Development Expert Gavin Clarkson Tapped for BIA Post
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma citizen and Associate Professor of Business at New Mexico State University Gavin Clarkson was recently hired to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development at the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). His...
UDAAP: CFPB’s Tool to Trample Tribal Sovereignty
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and granted the agency broad supervisory, enforcement, and rulemaking authority over financial service providers. Along with almost 20...
Treasury Issues Report On Financial Regulation Reforms
At the directive of the President, on June 12th the Department of the Treasury issued a report on revising regulations to create economic opportunities for the banking and finance industry. The report includes a number of proposals on changes that could be made to the...