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New Mexico Legislature Passes 36% APR Cap Bill
Last week, lawmakers in the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill reducing the state’s maximum allowable annual interest rates from 175 percent to 36 percent, ending a years-long debate between the state House and Senate. Before it was passed, the New Mexico...
CFPB Launches New Way for Public to Directly Submit Rulemaking Petitions
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a new process that will allow the public to submit petitions for rulemaking directly to the agency, with submitted petitions posted on public dockets for review and comment. The new process is rooted...
Slight Majority of Americans Have More Emergency Savings Than Credit Card Debt
A recent Bankrate survey found that just 53 percent of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt, a number which is slightly down from 54 percent last year but still a significant improvement from 44 percent in 2019 and 49 percent in 2020. The survey...
Featured Resources
Our Digital Financial Literacy Program
Too many consumers mismanage their budgets, make poor 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 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.
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
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
