The Latest Financial News
NAFSA: Chairman LaMalfa “off to a good start”
In a recent article in Indian Country Today, NAFSA executive director Gary Davis offered his thoughts on California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who is the new chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs on the House Natural Resources Committee....
ABA Carves Irresponsible Path Toward Small Dollar Bank Lending
The American Bankers Association (ABA) recently published a report, titled “Small Dollar Credit, Millions of Small Needs Add Up to a Big Deal: Banks Should Be Allowed to Offer Customers Multiple Choices,” detailing the potential entry of banks into small dollar...
Trump Budget Eliminates New CDFI Funding
President Trump’s proposed budget for the federal government’s fiscal year 2018 includes the near elimination of the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund, reducing the program’s budget from $248 million to $14 million. CDFIs provide a wide range of...
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
