The Latest Financial News
CFPB Director Kraninger Visits Capitol Hill Next Week
Kathy Kraninger, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), will visit the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee next week to deliver the semi-annual report of the CFPB.In what promises to be a testy hearing, Maxine...
State Regulators Seek Comments on Model Language for Multistate Licensing Legislation
Last week, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released draft language for model payments legislation that would make it easier for fintech companies to operate between states. Nearly half of all state regulators have agreed to harmonize their regulations...
President Signs Executive Orders Limiting Agency Guidance
President Trump signed two executive orders earlier this week that seek to provide transparency in the ways in which federal regulators utilize guidance. The president stated that federal agencies were habitually issuing regulations and rules via agency guidance 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
