The Latest Financial News
Schumer Touts Former CFPB Official for FTC Commissioner
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- NY) spoke this week with President Trump about filling a Democratic vacancy on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) governing board. Senator Schumer recommended the President add Rohit Chopra, a fellow at the Consumer...
Commerce Secretary Downplays Expected Economic Growth
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross recently discussed America’s disappointing first quarter economic output and the likelihood of achieving three percent growth during President Trump’s first year in office. Secretary Ross put much of the blame for the slow growth...
Marketplace Lenders Fight Decline, Seek Answers
Marketplace loans are a unique form of credit where investment capital is funneled through online platforms to consumers and small businesses. What originally began as peer-to-peer financing has now grown into a multibillion dollar sector in FinTech with millions in...
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
