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Treasury Memo Tackles Redlining, Modernizing Community Reinvestment
Building on the department’s report last summer recommending a number of changes to financial regulations, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin sent a memorandum this week to senior officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal...
Mulvaney Lays Out Agency Overhaul in CFPB Semi-Annual Report
Keeping in line with recent efforts to revamp the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney turned a new corner for the consumer agency with his first semi-annual report to Congress. In a press release accompanying the...
Senate Dems Divide Again Over Reconsideration of Payday Rule
As Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Mick Mulvaney continues to reimagine the agency he temporarily oversees, another rift has opened in Senate Democrats regarding the agency’s interest in reconsidering its rule last year on...
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
