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Senators Author Bipartisan Plan to Create Oversight Body For Emerging Financial Technologies
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) are set to release draft legislation on digital assets, which will be open for a month-long public comment period before they formally introduce it in the Senate. As part of the bill, American Banker...
Fifth Circuit May Invalidate CFPB Funding Structure
Since the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the legislation that established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), was passed by Congress and signed into law 12 years ago, CFPB’s opponents have taken aim at the Bureau’s leadership...
Four California Legislators Push FDIC to Crack Down on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
In a letter to the FDIC sent earlier this month, four California legislators asked the federal regulator to crack down on partnerships between banks—which are regulated by the FDIC—and fintech companies that they allege use the partnerships to evade maximum annual...
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
