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Republicans Blast CFPB Director in Preview of Next Congress
During a contentious hearing last week in which Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra testified before the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing entitled “Consumers First: Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection...
Brown, Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation on Industrial Loan Companies
Earlier this month, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was joined by two of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act, which would require companies that own an...
CFPB Proposes Online Registry of Nonbank Repeat Offenders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Monday proposed requiring certain nonbank financial firms to register with the agency when they become subject to certain local, state, or federal agency court orders. The agency also proposed a plan to publish the...
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
