In this case study, we highlight our evaluation of Nusenda Credit Union’s small-dollar lending program, highlighting the positive impact on its participants and the business.

Principal® Foundation research shows that In the United States, 54% of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 report they have hit financial rock bottom – a situation made worse by pandemic-related job losses and college closures. This report shares new potential solutions from the Principal Foundation YouthCan Initiative Innovation Challenge, which supports organizations working to tackle the financial issues facing young people today.

Provided by CRF USA, this research introduces the Connect2Capital community, designed to level the playing field for small business owners seeking capital from a responsible lender.

Discover opportunities to develop innovative, high-quality solutions to improve financial health for financially underserved consumers in the United States.

In this report, the Financial Health Network looks at long-term savings and beyond to understand how day-to-day financial challenges of LMI pre-retirees and retirees are getting in the way of their long-term financial health.

Member Summit 2018 was October 4-5, 2018 in Chicago, IL.

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.

Over the last year, more than 100 million American households experienced a financial shock. This year the Financial Solutions Lab’s second $3 million challenge was seeking solutions that could help Americans to weather such shocks.

The 2016 Challenge topic of the Financial Solutions Lab is Helping Americans Weather Financial Shocks. This issue brief introduces the topic, the reasons it is an important problem to solve, and some innovative approaches to doing so.

Discover eight learnings that the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) has gathered while helping more than 100 financial institutions engage more meaningfully with their customers.

Filene’s LIFT (Lower Interest For Timeliness) program offered interest rate reductions to borrowers who made timely loan payments.

U.S. Financial Diaries: Mike Smith, a single man in his mid-50s, lives in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Kentucky, in a small town near the Ohio River.

There is no one-size-fits-all credit product. Credit products are important tools for consumers’ financial management, but they need to be matched with the needs of the consumer.

Discover the Compass Principles through this informative infographic.

This paper outlines some of the major themes which emerged during Fourth Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum, in 2009, inlcuding an exploration of the heterogeneity of underbanked market segments