The Financial Health Network Comment Letter to the CFPB’s Request for Information Regarding Use of Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process
The Financial Health Network submitted its response to the CFPB’s request for information regarding use of alternative data and modeling techniques in the credit process on February 16, 2017. In the letter, the Financial Health Network acknowledges that the use of alternative data in the credit process poses both risks and benefits to consumers. The letter also states the Financial Health Network’s belief that consumers will be better able to achieve financial health if they have access to innovative credit products that are safe, affordable, and of high quality, enabling them to manage their day-to-day finances, weather financial shocks, and pursue longterm opportunities.
Why the Center for Financial Services Innovation cares about a Universal Basic Income
By Rachel Schneider & Jennifer Tescher, Financial Health Network Sometimes, complex problems demand simple solutions. According to Financial Health Network’s research, 57% of Americans are financially unhealthy. The Pew Charitable Trust found that over 70% of Americans are income limited, savings constrained or debt challenged, and a third of Americans experience two or even three…
Announcing 7 Companies Measuring Financial Health
The Financial Health Network’s Financial Health Beta Project is an initiative designed to help providers invest in their customers’ financial health. From June to December 2016, participating companies will use the Financial Health Network’s 8 financial health indicators to measure and track their customers’ financial health.
Profiles in Innovation – The Financial Solutions Lab
With the Financial Solutions Lab, the Financial Health Network and JPMorgan Chase are bringing innovators, industry players, researchers, and bank executives to the table to make technology part of the financial health equation.
2016 Prepaid Industry Scorecard
With millions depending on prepaid cards to help manage their financial lives and forthcoming CFPB regulations, it is important to gauge the quality of products in the marketplace and to encourage prepaid card issuers to develop offerings that actively improve consumers’ financial health.
Case Study: Re-Defining an Awards Strategy: Opportunity Finance Network
More than 68 million low-income Americans don’t get the financial services they need. This market gap that prompted a network of community development financial institutions to turn to the Financial Health Network.
“MyBudgetCoach” by Solutions for Progress
MyBudgetCoach (MyBC), operated and distributed by Solutions for Progress (SfP), is an online platform designed to complement and enhance existing financial coaching programs.
“CollegeSet” Facebook app by Juma Ventures
Juma Ventures is a San Francisco-based youth development organization dedicated to helping low- income high school students save for and complete a four-year college degree.
Saving Habits and the Financially Struggling Majority
The Financial Health Network Comment Letter on New York State Department of Labor Payroll Debit Cards
The Financial Health Network recognizes that access to high-quality financial products are crucial to help consumers improve and maintain their financial health.
Financial Solutions Lab Winners Brief
The Financial Solutions Lab at the Financial Health Network with founding partner, JPMorgan Chase, announced the nine winners of its $3 million competition for technology innovators.
Prepaid Cards and Goodwill® Industries International: Improving Efficiency and Employee Benefits
Learn how international nonprofit organization Goodwill Industries provided prepaid cards to its employees so that they could avoid fees associated with check-cashing services.