Lindsay Ferguson

As a Manager of Member Support, Lindsay ensures that our Members are best utilizing their Member benefits and find value in their relationship with the Financial Health Network. Lindsay has over a decade of experience working in the financial stability field working at both the national and local level managing financial health programs and partnerships.

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Protecting Patients from Medical Debt: Strategies for Hospitals & Health Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the interdependencies of health, financial health, and equity. Now, a recent White House Executive Order that directs federal agencies to lessen the burden of medical debt on American families highlights the responsibility of healthcare providers in protecting patients financially. Join us as we examine the challenges posed by medical debt and action items for hospitals and health systems to help fight this national crisis.

H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands: Building a Financially Inclusive World

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands’ passion for financial inclusion began as a child in Argentina, navigating the impacts of hyperinflation on families and desire to act. In her role as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), she champions access to affordable and safe financial services for communities around the world, especially underserved groups. Through close collaboration with public and private sector partners, her work has driven real progress for financial health. In this episode of EMERGE Everywhere, learn more about Queen Máxima’s experiences, accomplishments, and vision for the future of financial inclusion and financial health.

 
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EMERGE Workplace 2022

This event will explore the latest trends, strategies, and solutions for employers seeking to improve the financial health of their teams.

Brett King: The Future of Everything

Can we predict the future? Brett King believes he can. The self-proclaimed futurist is known for his ability to see the social and economic changes coming and the opportunities they will bring. In this episode of EMERGE Everywhere, Jennifer sits down with Brett to discuss his newest book, “The Rise of Technosocialism: How Inequality, AI and Climate Will Usher in a New World,” and how we can prepare ourselves to meet the most pressing challenges facing businesses and societies today.

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Pursuing Racial Economic Equity Through Purposeful Engagement

How can innovative investments and partnerships drive real economic change for communities in need? Fifth Third Bank recently announced the Accelerating Racial Equality, Equity, and Inclusion initiative, a $2.8 billion commitment to uplift historically marginalized people and communities. Today, in collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners, the bank is investing $180 million of that commitment in nine communities across its geographic footprint through the Neighborhood Investment Program. Hear from a panel of the project’s leaders about strategies to purposefully engage neighborhoods and local businesses, and find out what’s next for this initiative.

FinHealth Goes Global

The handful of promising financial health efforts outside the U.S. have been isolated, lacking a centralized forum, practices, and priorities – until now.

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 Member Snapshot 2021: Assessing the Financial Health Maturity of Financial Institutions

Member Snapshot 2021: Assessing the Financial Health Maturity of Financial Institutions

Many financial services organizations in the United States are taking action to improve their customers’ and employees’ financial health. Through the Financial Health Maturity Assessment Program, this report assesses the survey responses of 43 Financial Health Network Members to identify key opportunities for financial institutions to advance their financial health strategies. Learn about the actions these Members are taking within each pillar and phase of the FinHealth MAP, and gain insights into the areas they still need to prioritize.

Consumer Data Sharing

Explore our research, best practices, and efforts to develop policy and industry-led solutions for consumer data sharing.

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 Non-Prime Tracker Report

Non-Prime Tracker Report

Provided by Elevate Credit, this research discusses the trend of decreased household income for prime and non-prime folks alike since the pandemic began. With this trend continuing, this decrease is likely to manifest itself within holiday spending.

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Balancing Today, Building Tomorrow: How Financially Coping Americans Plan, Save, and Invest

Even before COVID-19, millions of Americans were struggling financially, with more than half the population classified as Financially Coping. As job losses mount, savings are spent down, household debt grows, and investments shrink during the pandemic, Americans need financial support more than ever. This new research sheds light on how providers can support the saving and investing behaviors of Financially Coping consumers, ultimately improving both their immediate and long-term financial health.

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Webinar: Key Findings from the Pulse & What They Mean for Your Business

During this member-exclusive webinar, authors of the U.S. Financial Health Pulse 2018 Baseline Survey explored findings from this groundbreaking research initiative. The first in a three-part series, this conversation explored into new cuts of the data and shared findings and trends on how Americans are saving and borrowing.

The Chatbots Are Coming!

By Tyler Griffin, Financial Health Network This post is a follow-on to our recently released FinLab Snapshot, a report in which we identified industry insights, trends and analyses based on FinLab’s 356 applicants in 2016. In this post, we’ll share more about something we called out as one of the “trends on the horizon” we…

That Moment You Measure What Matters

How to Value the True Cost of a Loan How should we measure the true value of a loan on consumers’ lives? Lower blood pressure, for the anxiety and stress saved? The dollar amount of an additional payday, because someone could afford to repair the car and get to work? The quality of life achieved…

Re-Defining an Awards Strategy: Opportunity Finance Network

By Financial Health Network Consulting Putting Low-Income Consumers First With the Help of Financial Health Network’s Knowledge More than 68 million low-income Americans don’t get the financial services they need. It’s this market gap that prompted the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a network of community development financial institutions to turn to the Center for Financial…