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CFPB Blog Post Sets March 30, 2025 as Implementation Date for Payday Lending Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that its 2017 Payday Lending Rule will go into effect on March 30, 2025. The rule will limit lenders from making more than two unsecured withdrawal attempts on a borrower’s account to help curb...
CFPB Proposes Banning Medical Bills from Credit Reports
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prohibit lenders from making lending decisions based on medical information. It would also increase privacy protections for...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Colorado DIDMCA Opt Out Law
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico issued a ruling temporarily stopping legislation passed last year that would opt the state out of the 1980 Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA)’s interest export rate provisions. In...
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
