Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Through Tech, Community, and Empowerment
Join 2022 FSL Accelerator cohort member Stackwell Capital for a discussion of how finhealth stakeholders can empower Black communities to build meaningful wealth that shrinks the racial wealth gap.
Nonprofits and Fintechs Improving Benefits Access: Our 2022 Exchange Grantees
The Financial Solutions Lab has awarded grants to three partnerships that make up our 2022 Exchange cohort. The nonprofit and fintech organizations in the cohort will work to promote financial health by improving access to benefits and measuring the impact of their projects on the consumers they serve.
Connecting Returning Citizens with ID and Bank Accounts: Lessons for Policymakers and Practitioners
How Digital Communities Can Drive Financial Decision-making and Customer Satisfaction
In collaboration with legal empowerment fintech Upsolve, we explore how incorporating a digital community into fintech tools can support user financial decision-making and improve customer satisfaction.
Navigating the True Costs of Auto Insurance for Low-income Americans
Financial Solutions Lab alums Propel and Sigo Seguros discussed providing affordable and accessible auto insurance to the Spanish-speaking market. Between higher purchase prices and the fluctuating cost of gas, auto ownership and maintenance is stretching the budgets of many households across the country. And that's before you consider the fact that a disproportionate number of drivers from immigrant and low-income communities are rated as "high risk" policyholders and pay above average insurance costs.
Workplace Financial Health Innovation: Rolling Out Credit- and Debt-Related Benefits for Your Employees
As many employees struggle with unmanageable debt, employers can make a difference by providing credit- and debt-related financial wellness solutions. Here are fiscal, legal, and regulatory considerations for businesses to keep in mind as they develop offerings to help employees manage debt, build credit, and improve their financial health.
Building Consumer Savings with Fintech Innovations
Savings are a critical component of financial health, and new approaches can encourage consumer savings.
Financial Solutions Lab Announces 2022 Accelerator Cohort
The Financial Solutions Lab, an initiative launched and managed by the Financial Health Network in collaboration with founding partner JPMorgan Chase & Co. and with support from Prudential Financial, today announced that it has selected six organizations for its 2022 Accelerator program which is focused on financial benefits and tools.
Financial Solutions Lab selects six for 2022 cohort
The Financial Solutions Lab, an initiative launched and managed by the Financial Health Network in collaboration with founding partner JPMorgan Chase & Co. and with support from Prudential Financial, today announced that it has selected six organizations for its 2022 Accelerator program which is focused on financial benefits and tools.
Financial Solutions Lab Announces 2022 Accelerator Cohort Focused on Access and Removing Systemic Barriers to Financial Benefits & Tools for Underserved Consumers
Selected companies focus on streamlining low- to moderate-income, Black, and Latinx individuals’ navigation and use of benefits and tools in support of better financial health.
Improving Benefits Systems With Nonprofit-Fintech Partnerships: 2022 Exchange Challenge
The 2022 Exchange Challenge focuses on nonprofit-fintech partnerships that can advance financial health for people navigating benefits systems.
Workplace Financial Health Innovation: Rolling Out an Earned Wage Access Program for Your Employees
Employers, benefits platforms, regulators, and employees are paying more attention to earned wage access (EWA) products for their potential to improve employee financial health. Employers can maximize the positive outcomes of EWA products by minimizing associated fees, explaining the program mechanics to employees, and providing a complementary suite of financial resources.