Zeynep Ton | Rethinking What Makes a Good Job
As people struggle to make ends meet amid a cost-of-living crisis, employers play a critical role in supporting workers’ financial health. Research shows that creating good jobs isn’t just the right thing to do, but also the profitable thing to do – improving employee satisfaction, company performance, and market competitiveness. Listen in as Zeynep Ton, Professor of the Practice at MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Founder and President of the Good Jobs Institute, makes the business case for investing in good jobs and shares ways to implement a good jobs approach.
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.
BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative: Helping More Americans Save
Recognizing that millions of Americans lack short-term savings, BlackRock set out to discover how to help more families build a financial safety net.
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Michael McAfee | Rewiring Corporate America To Advance Racial Equity
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, many large companies made commitments to advance equity. Nearly four years later, those commitments have largely faded away – despite the strong link between equity and business outcomes, innovation, and long-term value creation. How can we urge corporate America to make racial and economic equity a foundational part of their businesses, so that all of us can prosper? Listen to Jennifer’s conversation with Michael McAfee, President and CEO of PolicyLink, about the pivotal role of corporations in promoting inclusion and key steps for embedding equity into business standards.
Expanding Banking Access: A Look at PNC’s Innovative Mobile Branches
PNC Bank’s mobile branches are a standout innovation, extending crucial financial services and literacy to underserved communities. This panel discussion will highlight how these “branches on wheels” have positively impacted cities across the country and explore the strategies that make these units a critical tool in community development.
Can Fintech Support Financial Health for Older Adults?
Can fintech improve the financial health of low-to-moderate income older adults, who aren’t the typical target for this type of innovation? This engaging debate will explore how fintech might cater to older adults and share new tools to help innovators, investors, and nonprofits better serve this segment.
The Power of Partnerships: Member-Exclusive Networking Lunch
Join fellow Financial Health Network Members for a discussion on the power of partnerships in advancing financial health. Hear success stories from Members, learn how to elevate your financial health impact, and cultivate new partnerships for your own organization.
Supporting the Financial Health of Small Businesses
Small businesses play a critical role in driving job creation, innovation, and economic growth in the U.S. Join us to explore how we can best collaborate across sectors to strengthen the financial health of small business owners and employees.
“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.
Innovator Showcase: Building Inclusive Solutions
Join us for a series of rapid-fire fintech presentations expanding equity and inclusion within the financial services ecosystem, followed by insightful commentary from a distinguished panel.
Anne Evens | Reflecting on the Cost of the Climate Crisis
As the climate crisis deepens, it weighs most heavily on marginalized communities that are already financially fragile. How do we protect these groups from the economic impact of rising energy costs, pollution, and natural disasters as we combat climate change? Listen in as Anne Evens, CEO of Elevate, joins Jennifer to explore the climate-financial health connection and how government, financial, and nonprofit leaders can drive equity through climate action.
Suze Orman | Rethinking How People Save
What’s the key to financial security today? As technology and a shifting economy reshape how we save, spend, borrow, and plan for the future, mastering the art of money management is critical for achieving financial health. Join us as Jennifer speaks with Suze Orman – personal finance expert, author, Emmy Award winner, and Co-Founder of workplace emergency savings platform SecureSave – about the critical role of savings and the most important step companies can take to support employees’ financial success.
Telling a New Story About Wealth Disparities and Wealth Transfer
What’s working to close the racial wealth gap across generations? Join AARP in conversation with experts and industry leaders about barriers and opportunities for encouraging wealth transfers in communities of color.
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.
Hot Off the Press: Policies Affecting Consumer FinHealth
Stay informed on policies and regulations that may impact your business, customers, and employees with this roundup of hot topics that are affecting consumer financial health.
Scaling Impact at the Intersection of Technology and Trusted Relationships
Explore the potential and challenges of tech-enabled social innovation, along with creative approaches for expanding digital access equitably through trusted relationships with community partners.
Mary Ellen Iskenderian | Rewiring Gender Equity Around the Globe
Financial inequity isn’t a problem unique to the U.S. – it’s a global challenge that prevents many women and their families from escaping poverty. How can we empower all women to achieve financial security? Increasing access to financial services and creating women-centered products are integral parts of the solution. Hear Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, paint a picture of the challenges facing women across the world and the unexpected solutions required to close the gender gap in financial health.
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.
Rewiring Our System for Financial Health
EMERGE Financial Health is the beginning of a new era in financial health. Join us for a provocative closing discussion about the actionable ways leaders can work across sectors to rewire our system to help everyone thrive financially.
AI Unlocked: Shaping the Future of Financial Health
Learn from seasoned AI innovators about balancing the very real challenges and opportunities AI offers to make financial health accessible to all.
Essential Benefits: Making FinHealth the New Norm
Workplaces are flooded with employee financial health solutions, yet many employers still wonder which ones will make a real difference. Hear from a panel of experts on how employers can increase impact and promising solutions entering the marketplace.
Measuring a New Era of Financial Health
Get a sneak peek into the work that the Financial Health Network is doing to refresh the FinHealth Score, and share your own insights to help shape a new era of financial health measurement.
Moving the Industry: How Standards Will Drive Financial Health Forward
As financial health moves from awareness to execution, institutions are seeking direction. Hear from the experts on the evolving role of certifications and standards for financial institutions.
Scaling Community Impact
Financial institutions have an essential part to play in building social capital and financial health in the communities they serve. Learn from companies investing in banking services to scale community impact, and share ideas with others.
Innovator Showcase: Workplace FinHealth Entrepreneurs
Innovators inside and outside of the workplace are shifting the financial health conversation from retirement plans to lasting financial well-being. Hear from a few of them about the urgent challenges workers face and how leaders across sectors can help.
MasterClass: The Business of FinHealth in the Workplace
For employers that have mastered the basics of worker financial health, this breakout is your chance to learn about the latest techniques that workplaces are using to align business and financial health goals.
MasterClass: Building a Business Around FinHealth
In this breakout designed for organizations that are ready to go beyond the basics, get candid insights from financial services leaders about their financial health journeys, the challenges they’ve overcome, and what they’ve learned along the way
Innovator Showcase: Entrepreneurs Changing the Finhealth Landscape
Join us for a series of rapid-fire fintech presentations with a focus on measuring outcomes, empowering Gen Z to establish a robust financial foundation, and providing vital support to communities in disaster-prone areas, followed by insightful commentary from a distinguished panel.
Motherhood Under the Poverty Line: One Woman’s Story
Best-selling author Stephanie Land used to be one of the millions of Americans living under the poverty line. Join us for an intimate look through her eyes at navigating poverty as a single mother.
Breaking Barriers to Women’s Financial Health
An examination of the state of gender equity in financial health from leaders who’ve lived it and their thoughts on solutions that could help level the financial playing field between men and women.
Advancing Racial Equity: Strategies for Financial Inclusion
Learn about financial health solutions to address the deep racial wealth gap, from targeted financial health benefits and equitable lending practices to corporate and policy initiatives.
Closing Chicago’s Financial Health Divide
The inaugural Financial Health Pulse® Chicago Report revealed how the city’s legacy of racism is impacting financial outcomes across the community. Join local leaders for a discussion on the report’s findings and the future of financial health in Chicagoland.
Putting Financial Health at the Heart of Your Business
An intimate conversation about what it means to be a financial health business and steps that credit unions can take today to make the shift.
From Innovation To Impact: A Founder’s Story
Listen in as Wemimo Abbey, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of fintech unicorn Esusu, reflects on his entrepreneurial journey and his vision for a world where everyone can access safe, affordable housing.
Reflecting on 20 Years of Financial Health
As we celebrate 20 years of financial health, hear longtime champions across the movement reflect on our progress, the challenges that persist, and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Pre-Conference Session | FinX Workshop: Spend the Day in Your Customer’s Shoes
Put yourself in your customer’s shoes during FinX. This unique half-day experience will give you the opportunity to come face-to-face with common financial struggles and create solutions that build customer trust.
Nasir Qadree | Rewiring Funding for Diverse Founders
The last few years have given us a glimpse at technology’s vast potential to improve financial, physical, and mental well-being. Can it help us achieve financial health for all? Truly advancing equity through technology requires meaningfully investing in founders of color, women founders, and others who bring lived experience to tackle persistent disparities. Tune in to hear Nasir Qadree, Founder and Managing Partner of Zeal Capital Partners, share how Zeal is democratizing venture capital and what it will take to increase investment in underrepresented founders and markets.
Kenneth Lin | Reflecting on AI’s Risks and Rewards
Is artificial intelligence the key to providing personalized financial advice for all? While companies like Credit Karma are tapping into AI’s vast potential to help customers manage their money, the technology also raises weighty questions about how to use it responsibly. In this episode, Credit Karma CEO Kenneth Lin speaks with Jennifer about how the company has embedded AI into its solutions, the biggest opportunities and challenges right now, and what an AI-enabled future might look like.
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Prudential Financial: Closing the Wealth Gap for Black and Brown Communities
Financial security should be within everyone’s reach. That’s why Prudential is doubling down on helping Black and Brown Americans achieve this goal.
Greg Cunningham | Rewiring How DEI Gets Done
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across corporate America are facing a backlash from a growing chorus of voices. But as historically marginalized groups continue to fall further behind financially, creating a more equitable financial system has never been more urgent. So where do we go from here? Hear from Greg Cunningham, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for U.S. Bank, as he reflects on his own DEI journey and what it really takes to embed equity into business practices.
Reflecting on 20 Years of FinHealth
It’s been two decades since the Financial Health Network and a national movement to improve financial lives were founded. As we celebrate 20 years of creating financial change, what does the future hold? Listen in as longtime finhealth champions Ellen Seidman of the Urban Institute, Arjan Schütte of Core Innovation Capital, and Tilman Ehrbeck of Flourish Ventures reflect on our journey and what we can do next to make the biggest difference in financial health.
Fostering Financial Success for Young Black Lives
The Student Investment Program Learn how the Student Investment Program is equipping young Black Americans with the skills and resources to build wealth through stock investing.
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