Saving Habits and the Financially Struggling Majority
A Financial Solutions Lab Brief on Household Cash Flow Challenges
This brief explores the challenge of household cash flow challenges, its impact on financial health, and the opportunity for innovation.
Financial Solutions Lab Snapshot: Solutions to Manage Household Cash Flow
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 Financially Striving, a Consumer Financial Health Segment
Strivers are generally able to make ends meet, but many of them are not satisfied with their current financial situation and are working to better their financial circumstances.
Dispatch from D.C.—August 2015
Consumers and Credit Scores: Understanding Consumer Confusion to Target Solutions
This research takes a look at an important component of consumer financial health: the credit score. The Financial Health Network appended two objective measures of credit-worthiness to the Consumer Financial Health Study.
Opportunity Fund, Start2Save, and the Journey of Product Development
Learn how Opportunity Fund's savings program, Start2Save, has evolved to provide improved financial health benefits and economic empowerment to some of America's most vulnerable communities.
The Compass Guide to Payroll Cards
The Compass Guide to Payroll Cards defines industry-wide best practices for the design and delivery of payroll cards.
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.
The U.S. Financial Diaries Methodology: The financial lives of low-income Americans
The U.S. Financial Diaries (USFD) is a research study collecting detailed financial data from more than 200 low- and moderate-income households over the course of a year.
Fresh Ideas for an Emerging Market: Highlights from the 8th Annual Underbanked Forum
As developing technology and new regulations continue to spark competition and transform the marketplace, deep consumer knowledge remains the key to success for businesses across the sector.