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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
House GOP Memo Lays Out Sweeping Changes to Dodd-Frank Act, CFPB
A memo is circulating throughout the House this week authored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), summarizing legislation he plans to introduce possibly as early as this month to scale back regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act. Two key changes referenced in his memo are the...
A Secure Future: The Regulatory Rigors of Tribal Lending
Tribal online lending represents around ten percent of the $20 billion online lending sector. Only a few years ago, tribes began entering this industry with mixed results. Tribes chose to partner with non-tribal businesses that offered a myriad of services in online...
What the Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court Might Mean for Indian Country
Yesterday, President Trump nominated Tenth Circuit judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy left at the U.S. Supreme Court by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia nearly one year ago. Gorsuch is a graduate of Harvard Law School and previously clerked for current Supreme...