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SEC Moves on Cryptocurrencies with Announcement of Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation
On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the appointment of Valerie Szczepanik as Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation. In the new position, Ms. Szczepanik...
OCC Getting Closer to Decision on Proposed Charter for Fintech
For nearly a year and half, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been exploring the possibility of extending a special purpose national bank charter to fintech companies like online lenders. During a press call on May 24, Comptroller of the...
Fintech Online Lenders Respond to Rising Defaults by Tightening Underwriting Standards
Several years of positive growth have been good for investors in fintech lending companies like Social Finance (SoFi), LendingClub, Prosper, and Avant. But after a wave of defaults across these platforms, investors have gotten spooked, and the firms are...
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
