The Latest Financial News
Senator Cortez Masto Introduces Bill Incentivizing Whistleblowers to Report Consumer Fraud to CFPB
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently introduced legislation to allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reward whistleblowers—whose statutes protect consumers from abuse, fraud, and unfair practices—with financial compensation when...
Mastercard Building Bank-Driven Buy Now Pay Later Platform
In a press release last week, Mastercard announced that it is building a bank-driven Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform called “Mastercard Installments” that will allow borrowers to apply for loans through mobile banking and use a virtual card to pay the retailer in...
Senate Confirms Rohit Chopra to Lead CFPB
By a vote of 50-48 yesterday evening, Rohit Chopra was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for a five-year term. Chopra’s nomination was announced in January before President Biden assumed office. Chopra...
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
