Attune for the Workplace – Consultation
EMERGE Live 2020 Speakers
EMERGE Live gave participants instant access to more than 75 of the biggest names across the marketplace as they shared innovative solutions for advancing financial health.
Driving the Work of Economic Equity in Underserved Communities
While for many people in the U.S., seeing a bank—or several—is a daily occurrence, a lack of access to financial services is unfortunately a familiar story for underserved communities, especially communities of color. Last year, the Cherry Hill neighborhood of South Baltimore celebrated the opening of a 5,000-square-foot Chase bank branch, marking an important milestone: it was the first national bank to ever open in this historically Black community. Presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Good Jobs Matter: Improving Job Quality for Low-Income Workers
While employee benefits are clearly important for financial health, they are the job quality dimension rated lowest among low-income workers. In order to improve employee financial health, employers should invest in benefits that support worker financial well-being.
Formerly Incarcerated People Need Financial Stability to Make Their Return Home A Success
There are more than 44,000 federal, state, and local restrictions that block access to public benefits, employment opportunities, and other crucial services that returning citizens need to establish stability and build their financial health.
Supporting the Futures of Young Adults Starts with Understanding Their Financial Lives
Our new report, “Race, Ethnicity, and the Financial Lives of Young Adults,” sheds light on the different financial challenges faced by young adults, especially Black and Latinx young adults.
Why Are Some Americans Taking a Chance and Skipping Insurance?
Provided by Franklin Madison, this research delves into the reasons that many Americans forgo life insurance despite buying insurance policies for their homes and automobiles.
2020 Branch Report
Provided by Branch, this research reveals how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the priorities and concerns for workers in sectors such as food service, retail, and healthcare.
Credit Union Spotlight: Measuring to Improve Member Financial Health
These case studies highlight our measurement of transactional indicators with three credit unions, enabling them to drive positive impact for their members and their businesses.
Income, Age, Race, and Gender Are Key Factors as New Data Shows 1 in 3 Americans Earning Less During COVID-19
In this new data from the 2020 U.S. Financial Health Pulse, a nationally representative online survey fielded from April 20 to May 7, learn how vulnerable groups are struggling in the wake of the pandemic.
Neighborhoods Matter: The Power of Place in Shaping Financial Health
The places where people live, work, play, and worship are tightly tied to their ability to be resilient during unexpected challenges and to seize opportunities over time. This brief highlights the role of place in financial health, as well as the opportunity for place-based solutions to improve the financial lives of residents and communities.
How Coronavirus Highlights the Insurance Gap for Gig Workers
Gig workers comprise a growing portion of the American workforce, with 1 in 10 U.S. workers relying on gig work as their primary source of income. Without adequate health insurance, many gig workers are unprepared to deal with the financial shock of a major injury or illness.
Old Tricks, New Hat — Helping Americans Save in New Places
By Tanya Ladha, Senior Director at Financial Health Network Saving money is hard. So hard, in fact, that experts and academics have spent decades studying human behavior in an effort to make it easier for us, designing tricks and hacks that help us save — automating savings (think 401k retirement plans, created for us to set-it-and-forget-it), turning…
How Industry Executives View Financial Health
In a new survey, the Financial Health Network reveals how financial institutions are approaching financial health as they seek to engage customers meaningfully and profitably.
Webinar: Nonprofit-Fintech Partnership Spotlight: Credit Builders Alliance and Esusu
This webinar explored the partnership between Credit Builders Alliance (CBA) and Esusu Financial Inc.
2018 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight: LendUp
Listen in as we hear Anu Shultes, newly named CEO of LendUp, share about her personal journey and what changes she’s planning at LendUp in 2019 based on learnings from measuring its customers’ financial health.
2018 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Listen in as we hear Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) share how it developed two sets of financial wellness scales, what it is learning as a result, and the exciting announcement CBA just released around measurement.
BECU Leaders Spotlight Video
Hear about BECU’s journey as a Financial Health Leader from their Director of Community Outreach, Rachel Van Noord.
GreenPath Financial Wellness Leaders Spotlight Video
Hear about GreenPath Financial Wellness’ journey as a Financial health Leader from Director of Strategic Partnerships, Bill Druliner.
LendingClub Leaders Spotlight Video
Hear about Lending Club’s journey as a Financial Health Leader from Public Policy Director, Louis Caditz-Peck.
2018 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight: Opportunity Fund
Listen in as we hear Opportunity Fund, share findings from a recent impact study and what it hopes to add to that by piloting the Financial Health Network’s Small Business Financial Health Study.
Insuring the Way to a Financially Resilient America Infographic
This infographic shows how low-to-middle income households prepare for and handle financial shocks.
2018 Financial Health Leaders Spotlight: Cinch Financial
Listen in as we hear how Cinch Financial is using qualitative and quantitative approaches to deliver true financial health at scale to all households through both direct and advisor-oriented channels.
Assessing Products and Services to Fit the Needs of Their Customers
Learn what a the Financial Health Network Financial Health Assessment taught Patelco about their customers and how they are assessing products and services based on this data.
A Unique Short-Term Cash Flow Solution
Learn how Neighborhood Trust’s web-based application, WageGoal, integrates with employer payroll systems to help workers manage volatile cash flow.
The Financial Health Network Comment Letter on Evaluating Charter Applications from Financial Technology Companies
In this letter, the Financial Health Network supports the OCC’s leadership in encouraging innovation that can improve the lives and financial health of consumers and small businesses.
“SavingsQuest” by Doorways to Dreams
Doorways to Dreams’ (D2D) SavingsQuest tool is an online and mobile platform that uses the principles of gamification to encourage savings among prepaid card users.
The Financial Health Network Comment Letter on Exploring Special Purpose National Bank Charters for Fintech Companies
The Financial Health Network is submitting this letter in response to the request for comments on “Exploring Special Purpose National Bank Charters for Fintech Companies,” issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and published on December 2, 2016.
Network Member Kit 2017
Member Summit 2016 Presentation
Hidden in Plain Sight: How Secured Credit Cards Can Build Credit and Engage New Customers
This executive summary examines new consumer research on secured credit cards.
Eight Ways to Measure Financial Health
This paper takes a closer look at the eight indicators we’ve identified and ways that providers can help.
Webinar: 8 Key Indicators of Financial Health
What’s measured is what matters. To support innovative providers that value consumer financial health, the Financial Health Network has identified eight key indicators.
Case Study: Strengthening Ties with Communities: Nix Neighborhood Lending
Discover how Nix Neighborhood Lending has made a lasting impact on its customers in South Central Los Angeles by providing a variety of credit services to this vulnerable group.
“MyPath Savings” by MyPath
MyPath partners with workforce development programs and financial institutions to help young adults improve their financial health.
Dispatch from D.C. — December 2015
Leveraging Innovation to Support the Financial Health of LMI Families with Children
Millions of Americans are raising children in households with poor family financial health and limited financial resources.
Infographic: Why Consumers Turn to Small-Dollar Credit
This infographic illustrates the types and uses of Small-Dollar Credit products.
“MAGIC Mojo” by Piggymojo
Piggymojo built an online and mobile tool that uses goal visualization, social sharing and mobile technology to help savers turn impulse buys into “impulse saves.”
Designing High-Quality, Small-Dollar Credit: Insights from the Financial Health Network’s Test and Learn Working Group
Millions of Americans lack access to high-quality, affordable credit. Many of the small-dollar loans available to consumers are high-cost, low-quality products that often lead borrowers into a cycle of repeat usage and mounting debt.
One-Page Overview of the Compass Principles
To help the industry take the lead in addressing these challenges and build trust with the public, the Center for Financial Services Innovation, in partnership with a cross-section of industry participants, created the Compass Principles.
2013 Consumer Financial Health Study Brief
To be truly groundbreaking, financial services companies must go further than delighting their customers with convenient, beautifully designed products and services.
U.S. Financial Diaries: An Invisible Finance Sector – How Households Use Financial Tools of Their Own Making
The U.S. Financial Diaries (USFD) is an ambitious research project first-of-its-kind undertaken in the U.S. The project is collecting detailed financial data from more than 200 low- and moderate-income households over the course of a year.
Annual Report 2012
For eight years, the Financial Health Network has championed innovative strategies for meeting the needs of underbanked consumers
The Adrians Household Profile: Relying on Erratic Income Sources
U.S. Financial Diaries: Tim and Clara Adrian are in their early 30’s and live in Mississippi in a four-bedroom house that they own.
Building Consumer Credit InBrief: A Winning Strategy for Financial Institutions and Consumers
Banks and credit unions can and should be doing much more to support consumer credit building – and, importantly, they can do so in ways that align their own success with the success of their customers.
Compass Principles: Savings Products Examples
This one-page document has examples of applying each of the four Compass Principles to savings products.
New Underbanked Market Data from Core Innovation Capital and the Financial Health Network
The products and services that cater to the needs of financially underserved consumers are big business.
Highlights of the Fifth Annual Underbanked Forum
As this year’s Forum made clear, the underbanked financial services industry is in a period of progress.
One Size Does Not Fit All: A Comparison of Monthly Financial Services Spending
The Financial Health Network has conducted an investigation into the amounts that prepaid cardholders spend each month to conduct essential financial transactions, and compared that to the amounts that they would spend if they remained underbanked or used checking accounts for the majority of their transactions instead.