FinTech 101
You may have heard the word “FinTech,” but what exactly does it mean? FinTech stands for “financial technologies” and represents new financial methods of services such as smart phone money transfers, online small business loans, bitcoin and blockchain based public...
NAFSA Says “No” to the Google Ban
In July 2016 Google announced a policy change around payday loans and banned ads for financial solutions and various kinds of online loans. While this total ban may weed out some predatory payday loans or those with extremely high APRs, NAFSA believes that this ban...
Filling the Gap: NAFSA Helping to Create the Next Generation of Tribal Business Leaders
In less than a decade, tribal online lending has become a multi-billion dollar business. Its success rivals the first few years of Indian gaming following the 1988 passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, when tribal gaming revenues rose from a few hundred million...
Thomas Paul to be named new acting director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
On February 8, acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen named Tom Pahl as Acting Director, of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau Of Consumer Protection, replacing Jessica Rich who served in that capacity since 2013. Pahl was a partner at DC law firm Arnold...
