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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
The Rise of Alternative Financial Services
Banks are the traditional institution for borrowing money in America. According to the Federal Reserve, bank loan portfolios grew nearly 7% in 2014 and totaled more than $8 trillion in assets. Historically low interest rates and economic recovery in some sectors are...
Mnuchin Confirmation Hearing Recap
"We will work diligently to limit regulations, lower taxes on hardworking Americans and small businesses, and get the engine of economic growth firing on all cylinders once again," Mnuchin said. On January 19, 2017, the latest of Trump nominees faced his nomination...
The Two Men with the Power to Shape Regulation of Tribal Lending
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) couldn’t be more different in personality. Crapo is a soft-spoken, unassuming career politician from the mountain west. First elected in 1984, the Harvard law-educated Crapo has been an Idaho state...