Speaking Out About Racial Discrimination: A Letter To Our Staff
This blog by Jennifer Tescher was shared with the Financial Health Network staff in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police and the protests and civil unrest that have followed: Putting emotions into words is hard right now.
Wayne State University Case Study: Giving Students a Second Chance at Success Through Debt Forgiveness
Research from the Financial Health Network shows that removing financial barriers for students can help them succeed both financially and academically. Learn how Wayne State University is working to develop effective tools for student success through the “Warrior Way Back,” a unique debt forgiveness program.
How to Manage Money in a Pandemic: A Behavioral Research-Based Approach
We have compiled behavioral science research on financial decisions to understand the challenges people may be facing and share our tips for how to spend savings and rework bills and debt to support financial health in a pandemic.
Etsy Gets Creative: Helping Sellers Build Emergency Savings
By Chandni Ohri, Director, Financial Health Network In October 2019, Etsy signed on to BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative as one of the inaugural partners because they recognize the challenge and importance of emergency savings for their sellers. Emergency savings is one of the building blocks to improving financial health. In fact, the recent U.S. Financial…
Insights from the Financial Solutions Lab
This report shares lessons learned over the past five years of close collaboration and support for fintech solutions big and small. Our hope is that it serves as an invitation to join our efforts to improve the financial health of all Americans.
2019 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight Podcast: MMI
Our Financial Health Leaders program spotlights the Financial Health Network members who are at the forefront of financial health innovation. Listen in as we hear how MMI is using the FinHealth Score™ to measure the impact of natural disasters on its clients through a new initiative called Project Porchlight.
Introducing the 2019 Financial Health Leaders
The 2019 Financial Health Leaders designation offers selected organizations additional benefits including peer-learning opportunities through Financial Health Network’s Financial Health Leaders Working Group, a group of industry influencers from Financial Health Network.
2018 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight: Simple
Listen in as we hear Simple share what it discovered after measuring its customers’ financial health and how that’s propelling Simple forward in 2019.
Innovating for Financial Health: Three Case Studies
In this member-exclusive digital event, members met three organizations each with a singular focus on creating financial health for their consumers.
Member Summit 2018
Member Summit 2018 was October 4-5, 2018 in Chicago, IL.
2017 Financially Underserved Market Size Study
The Financial Health Network presents our 2017 Financially Underserved Market Size Study that illustrates the growing opportunity to address the needs of financially underserved consumers and identifies significant trends driving marketplace evolution and growth.
Secured Credit Cards: People of Color
A long history of discrimination and wealth-stripping has caused African Americans, Hispanics, and other people of color to have lower credit scores, less wealth, and less trust in the U.S. financial system than whites.