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CFPB Director Chopra Testifies Before Senate Banking, House Financial Services Committees
This week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra testified before both the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Financial Services Committee, where he fended off attacks while urging lawmakers to adopt...
CFPB Finalizes Rule to Create “Repeat Offender” Registry
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that will establish a registry to track people and companies that have repeatedly broken consumer protection laws. Non-bank companies with local, state, or federal consumer protected-related...
Younger Consumers Struggling to Pay Credit Card Debts
A recent report on first quarter household debt by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found the share of credit card debt over 90 days past due rose to 10.7 percent in the first quarter, which is a 14-year high. Last year, severe delinquencies totaled 8.2 percent of...
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
