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
OCC Distances Itself from Operation Chokepoint
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) acting director, Keith Norieka, informed House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R- TX) on August 18th that the OCC was never involved in Operation Chokepoint (OCP), a federal policy that...
California Pursues Its Own Arbitration Rule
Similar to the final arbitration rule recently published by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Democrats in the California State Senate have advanced their own arbitration law (California Senate Bill 33) to the General Assembly for a vote....
Indian Education and the Benefits of Tribally-Owned Businesses
There are currently more than 1.1 million American Indians and Alaska Natives under the age of 24. The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), a subagency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior, educates more than 42,000 students each year through...