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CFPB Issues Report on Mortgage Servicers, Exploring the Role Servicers of Different Sizes Play in the Mortgage Market
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report examining the differences between large and small mortgage servicers and exploring the role that servicers of different sizes play in the mortgage market where size is defined by the number of...
Rep. Katie Porter Asks FDIC to Monitor Bank-Online Lender Partnerships
In a letter sent to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairwoman Jelena McWilliams last month, Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.) requested that the agency closely examine partnerships between online lenders and banks. These partnerships have come under...
Global Banks Continue Reducing Workforce, With an Additional 80,000 Jobs Cut in 2019
According to a recent Bloomberg News report based on filings from companies and labor unions, banks around the world cut nearly 80,000 jobs in 2019, which some have suggested is a response to a slowing economy and financial firms’ continued adoption of digital...
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
