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Citi Announces Plans to Discontinue Overdraft Fees
Citigroup recently became the latest bank to announce plans to eliminate overdraft fees, overdraft protection fees, and returned item fees by this summer, making it the only top five U.S. bank in assets to entirely eliminate these penalties. Overdraft fees have faced...
Spending and Saving Both on the Rise, According to Bank of America CEO
Brian Moynihan, Bank of America CEO, recently revealed that American consumers are both spending more money and saving more money, noting that spending on the bank’s cards has increased as much as 20 percent since the beginning of 2021. “When you look at the core...
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Replace Breyer on U.S. Supreme Court
Last week, President Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to fill the seat of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his intended retirement on January 27. Jackson currently serves on D.C.’s federal appellate court and if confirmed, would be the...
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
