Indian tribes are refusing to comply with a New York financial regulator’s attempt to shut down their online-lending operations, arguing the state has no authority and is trying to block legal businesses. Tribes that make loans over the Internet are planning to...
WASHINGTON (August 12, 2013) — Executive Director of Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA) Decries Intimidation Tactics against Legal Businesses- Fighting back against last week’s attempt to shutter legal online lending enterprises...
WASHINGTON–Following the release of a letter targeting banks, debt collectors, and the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) from the New York State Department of Financial Services, Barry Brandon, Executive Director of the Native American...
To the Editor of The New York Times: “Pain on the Reservation” (Business Day, July 13), highlighting the problems facing Indian country and the difficulty of solving them, correctly notes that many tribes cannot operate profitable casinos because they are not close to...
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2013) — Following Tuesday’s Senate vote to confirm Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Barry Brandon, Executive Director of the Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA) issued...
