What is the origin story of your company? I grew up a high-achieving, low-income student and was the first in my family to go to college. Like myself, many people on Sixup’s team share a similar background. We believe the path to and through college is broken and that the student loan financing system must […]

One important way to avoid running out of money at the ends of the month is to set aside or “earmark” money as it comes in for bills you know you’ll need to pay.

Despite the fact that more than half of U.S. households struggle with their financial health, fintech founders and those who invest in them reflect a homogenous world. While specific numbers for diversity in fintech are difficult to nail down, we know that all-women teams of entrepreneurs received just 2 percent of all investment by venture […]

In November, we released the inaugural 2018 Baseline Report which established a baseline to track changes in financial health over time. In 2019, we plan to build upon the foundation we laid this year.

Recently, Financial Health Network and MetLife Foundation hosted five social entrepreneurs from South Korea to exchange ideas and learnings with U.S. nonprofits, social enterprises, impact investors and financial health fintech companies. There were three main themes that made an impact on the South Korean social entrepreneurs.

Pictured: Tanya Van Court, CEO and founder of Goalsetter Kids with savings accounts in their name are six times more likely to go to college and four times more likely to own stocks as young adults. Having worked as a leader in preschool and parenting digital products at Nickelodeon, Tanya van Court knew a lot […]

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.

Here are six tips discussed in our recent webinar featuring innovative companies who have been using our FinHealth Score Toolkit to measure their customers' financial health.