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President’s Budget Proposes Changes to CFPB Funding Structure
Last Monday, President Trump sent Congress a record $4.8 trillion budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget also includes a proposal that would subject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to Congressional appropriations, a long-standing goal by...
CFPB Director Kraninger Faces the Senate Banking Committee
Following a contentious hearing with the House Financial Services Committee last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger testified before the Senate Banking Committee this morning in a hearing about the CFPB’s semi-annual report to...
Senate Democrats Attempt to Federally Enforce State Usury Laws
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) recently introduced the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act, a bill that would require small-dollar lenders to register with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and...
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
