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Banks Pass Stress Tests, Could Weather Another Recession
As required under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve conducted its regular stress tests of major American banks and released the results late last month. Banks that hold more than $50 billion in assets are mandated to submit to a series of hypothetical tests to...
NAFSA leadership at LDF Tribal Lending Summit
NAFSA staff are in Wisconsin this week attending the LDF Tribal Lending Summit. NAFSA Executive Director Gary Davis will give an update, and staff are represented on panels for banking, marketing, and legal issues. This is the fourth lending summit hosted by the Lac...
How Wells Fargo Became a Proxy for the Fight Over the CFPB
Earlier this week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D- MA) called for the entire Board of Directors at Wells Fargo to be fired. This is not the first time the Massachusetts senator has demanded a change in leadership at the beleaguered bank. In fact, even when their CEO John...
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
