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Number of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Continues Inching Toward Record Highs
In light of the recent election, PYMNTS Intelligence found that more than 66 percent of consumers across all income levels are living paycheck to paycheck, which is up from 56 percent who said the same just two years ago. The pressures of living paycheck to paycheck...
CFPB Under Incoming Trump Administration Likely to Roll Back Credit Card and Banking Rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will likely reverse several of its Biden-era rules and scale back its regulatory agenda after President-elect Donald Trump assumes the presidency and changes the agency’s leadership. Though Project 2025, the Heritage...
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown Loses Reelection as Senate Flips to Republican Control
Bernie Moreno, Republican car salesman and entrepreneur, has defeated incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, who is completing his third term. Moreno was propelled to victory largely due to former President (and current...
Why NAFSA?
There are more than 570 federally-recognized tribes in the United States, many of whom are spread across in diverse areas. This has left a need for other tribal economic development opportunities to create sustainability and jobs on Native American reservations.
Tribal Financial Services:
Create jobs & economic development on tribal lands
Increase the financial independence of tribes
Deploy sovereignty & bolster tribal self-determination
The Impact of Tribal Financial Services
Coming from a history of staggering unemployment rates, limited opportunities, and lack of access to fundamental resources, Native American tribes began online lending businesses to create real change for the future. Internet commerce has been a vehicle for supporting economic growth, tribal services, and tribal development. These are their stories.
Our Mission
To advocate for tribal sovereignty, promote responsible financial services, and provide better economic opportunity in Indian Country for the benefit of tribal communities.
To protect and preserve the sovereignty of Native American tribes while offering an unprecedented opportunity for tribal economic growth
Growing opportunity for Indian Country in the financial services industry
Advancing financial literacy in tribal communities
