Catch Up on the Year's Biggest FinHealth Event
June 5-7, 2024 | Chicago, IL
After 3 days of inspiring talks, incredible networking, and energizing social events our community is ready to take financial health to the next level. Thank you to all of the attendees and supporters of EMERGE for making it the best EMERGE yet. Revisit all of the mainstage sessions here and stay engaged with our community on your finhealth journey.
Explore the Sessions
Keynote Address: Building the Future
Hear from Financial Health Network President and CEO Jennifer Tescher as she celebrates 20 years of financial health and lays out the hard work ahead.
Financial Health Visionary Award: A Fireside Conversation with Our New Honoree
See the highlights from our fireside conversation with our new Financial Health Visionary Award honoree Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Bank of America. Learn about his commitment to financial health, the critical issues that will impact our progress, and how they’re already making a mark on our community’s next chapter.
The Next Generation of Financial Health
From FinTok to loud budgeting, younger generations are approaching their finances in new ways. Learn about their unique financial habits and how financial institutions can best support them as they work toward financial independence.
“The Barber of Little Rock” and One Man’s Quest to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Join Arlo Washington for a screening of ‘The Barber of Little Rock,’ an Oscar-nominated documentary short detailing his journey from Little Rock, Arkansas, barber to founder of a visionary bank called People Trust, then listen in on a fireside chat with Arlo about closing the racial wealth gap.
Keynote Address: Financial Health Vital Signs
Hear about the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s work to support consumer financial health. Acting Comptroller Michael J. Hsu will discuss the OCC’s Financial Health: Vital Signs initiative, and why banks should pay attention to the financial health of their customers.
Our Changing Climate: Implications on Financial Health and Resiliency
As the frequency of natural disasters increases and the cost of living rises due to the changing climate, financially vulnerable people face an outsized impact on their finances. Join us to discuss how the climate crisis is negatively impacting financial health and actions we can take to promote financial resiliency.
Financial Health Frontiers: Reaching Across Ideologies and Industries for FinHealth
Promoting financial health for all requires collaborating across industries and ideologies. Hear from the Financial Health Frontiers Initiative’s visionary leaders about what it will take to align business, policy, and advocacy around financial health.
How Advances in Technology Can Lead to Financial Health for All
Celia Edwards Karam, President of Retail Bank at Capital One, shares how the intersection of financial health and AI shows up in banking and payments, what she's learned about developing a strategy for true financial health impact, and how corporations can rethink their approach to AI and financial health to succeed in a changing marketplace.
Reinvent Financial Health for All
EMERGE Financial Health is the can’t-miss event of the year for finhealth insights, collaboration, and inspiration.

Get Informed
Dive deep into emerging trends, real-world case studies, and visionary ideas from bold leaders across our ecosystem who are pushing for the equitable expansion of financial health.

Get Connected
Meet hundreds of key decision-makers in financial services, policy, business, research and academia, and more as we welcome our most diverse group of attendees yet.

Get Inspired
Immerse yourself in the vibrant energy that only comes from a once-in-a-generation celebration, and leave energized and equipped to do your part to rewire our system for financial health.
Build the Next Chapter
As we reach the 20-year mark, our movement has much to celebrate – we’ve defined and measured financial health, documented promising paths to improve it, and driven real impact for millions of Americans. Our next step? Achieve systemic change. Unite with your fellow finhealth champions at EMERGE to jumpstart the next era for our movement.

Experience Chicago, the Home Base for FinHealth
There’s no better place to mark this milestone than in Chicago – the birthplace of the finhealth movement and home base of the Financial Health Network. Against a towering skyline and beautiful waterfront views, we’ll kick off our next chapter together. Hotel rooms are available at a special rate for attendees, so book your stay today.