The Latest Financial News
CFPB Launches Site Encouraging Consumers to Build Savings with Tax Refunds
In a new webpage launched last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is highlighting resources aimed at helping consumers build savings with their tax refunds. Featuring video and written content, the webpage shows consumers different types of accounts...
DOJ Backs CFPB in SCOTUS Brief
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the long-awaited Seila Law case about the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s leadership structure. While the Trump administration has argued that under the Bureau’s current...
HFSC Chair Maxine Waters Launches Investigation Into Wells Fargo
In response to the ongoing issues concerning scandal-plagued Wells Fargo, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) recently announced the opening of an investigation into the company’s compliance with five regulatory orders. In March 2020, under the leadership...
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
