Gap Between Financial Industry’s Intentions and Actions for Improving Customer Financial Health
New the Financial Health Network Survey Identifies Significant Gap Between Financial Industry’s Intentions and Actions for Improving Customer Financial Health Execs see loyalty, revenue, and competitive differentiation advantages with financial health initiatives, but many remain on the sidelines CHICAGO – April 29, 2019 – The recent U.S. Financial Health Pulse report revealed that only 28 […]
Case Study: Developing a Survey to Track Financial Health for Global Customers
Financial Health Network Consulting Services worked with Discover to explore options for creating a comprehensive employee financial health platform.
Driving College Success
Higher education can provide remarkable access and opportunity to Americans, but financial challenges often prevent students from reaching their full academic potential. Read about how educational institutions can help more students achieve academic success and financial health.
With Many Just A Paycheck Away From Financial Ruin, Employers And FinTech Can Help
Sixty percent of households in America have experienced a financial shock in the past 12 months, according to Pew research. Close to 800,000 federal government employees were affected by the Dec 2018 – Jan 2019 government shutdown, forcing them to go without a paycheck for 35 days and giving this statistic a face. In her inaugural […]
Webinar: Solving the Cash Crunch: Helping Small Businesses Access Check Funds Faster
Watch a presentation and discussion about the challenges that checks place on small business cash flow as small organizations wait for personal and business checks to clear.
Insuring the Way to a Financially Resilient America
Using a combination of survey data and consumer interviews, the Financial Health Network presents consumer trends and insurance product design strategies that can help Americans build financial resilience.
Technology is Making Parking Tickets Obsolete. Are Overdrafts Next?
Frequent debit card use makes it difficult to keep a diligent check register that accounts for pending payments. Behaviorally informed personal finance apps and smart checking account features have already begun to remove some of the uncertainties posed by recurring cash management challenges, just as smart meters have taken much of the gambling out of parking.
Bringing Underbanked Consumers Out of the Shadows
In this guest blog post, Josh Sledge and Equifax describe characteristics of underbanked and unbanked consumers and how financial institutions can better serve them. Josh tells us, “There’s a real market opportunity for providers to help underserved consumers build savings and credit to increase their resilience to financial shocks.”
The Financial Health Network Comment Letter on Proposed Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts
The Financial Health Network submitted this letter in response to the request for comment on the proposed Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, the Bureau) and published on June 29, 2017. Like the CFPB, we recognize the important role that prepaid products and services can play in the financial health of U.S. consumers and we are committed to promoting high-quality financial products. We believe that financial services can be a force for good in people’s lives and that meeting consumers’ needs responsibly is ultimately good for both the consumer and the provider.
The Chatbots Are Coming!
By Tyler Griffin, Financial Health Network This post is a follow-on to our recently released FinLab Snapshot, a report in which we identified industry insights, trends and analyses based on FinLab’s 356 applicants in 2016. In this post, we’ll share more about something we called out as one of the “trends on the horizon” we…