EMERGE Insights 2021
EMERGE Insights is back on Wednesday, November 3. Join this free virtual event to find out about the global economy in the pandemic and what our current state of the world is telling us about where the future is headed.
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Access timely articles, blogs, and impact stories from leading financial health innovators.
Life Insurance in 2021 and Beyond: Exploring Demand, Misperceptions, and Digitization
This September, Life Insurance Awareness Month, is a great time for financial institutions to recognize the positive impact they can have on their customers’ financial health through products like life insurance. Join us for a panel webinar explaining why your customers want to buy life insurance through your financial institution and the steps you can take to deliver the products they need.
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Sarah Rosen Wartell | Urban Institute
Financial inequity and systemic racism are two of the most pressing policy issues in America today as the country moves out of the pandemic. Urban Institute President Sarah Rosen Wartell joins Jennifer to discuss the country’s progress when it comes to affordable housing, the labor market, and racial inequity, as well as the role of government in enabling individuals to thrive.
EMERGE Financial Health 2021
Catch up on key moments from our June 2021 virtual event, EMERGE Financial Health.
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Unlock the power of financial health news, insights, and perspectives from leaders across industries – on your own time, at your own pace.
EMERGE Insights 2020
See the recordings from our October 2020 virtual event, EMERGE Insights.
EMERGE Financial Health 2021 Speakers
Join us and explore the questions that shape a financially healthy future for all, such as: What are the most lasting trends and shifts of the pandemic? Who is impacted, and in what new ways? And which commitments, partnerships, and solutions can help us turn the past year’s uncertainty and paralysis into promise and action?
Alan Murray | Fortune Media
After leading a group of 100 CEOs to meet Pope Francis in 2016, Fortune committed to advancing social progress by uniting leading minds at its annual CEO Initiative. As Fortune continues its transition from a magazine into a platform for change, CEO Alan Murray joins host Jennifer Tescher to talk about the future of the initiative, the progress of capitalism, and the need for greater compassion in business.
Solutions
Learn what works with insights from industry experts on the types of financial health support consumers want and need from their financial institutions.
Performance
In this session, hear perspectives from other companies already measuring financial health – the tools they use, and the ways they turn the data into action and impact.
Infrastructure
In this session, learn what to consider when deploying resources at your organization, with insights from companies with unique approaches to building financial health infrastructure.
Vision
Join us to hear how financial industry leaders have secured stakeholder buy-in to build financial health strategies, ensured employees understand and can rally behind a shared finhealth vision, and integrated financial health as part of their organizational culture.
Member-Exclusive Webinar: A Workplace FinHealth Conversation
Are you looking for a more substantive conversation about how to make an impact with workplace financial wellness programs? Watch this Member-exclusive session to hear how employers are delving into financial wellness through initiatives that deliver real benefits for their employees and their businesses.
BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative: An Ecosystem Approach to Partnerships
BlackRock’s commitment to financial well-being has sparked a series of cross-sector partnerships focused on making emergency savings more accessible for low-to-moderate income households. Join Claire Chamberlain, Managing Director of Social Impact at BlackRock, for a deep dive on BlackRock’s flagship philanthropic program and a closer look at their partner-centric approach to proving what is possible and advocating for what it’ll take to shift the entire system.
About EMERGE
For 15 years, EMERGE: Financial Health Forum has brought together industry innovators from across the marketplace who believe in our mission of financial health for all.
Bank-Fintech Partnership Powers Financial Health
Join Rochelle Gorey, CEO and Co-Founder of SpringFour, and Ben Schack, Head of U.S. Digital Partnerships for BMO Financial Group, as they discuss their innovative financial health partnership. Learn how this award-winning social impact fintech and multinational bank teamed up to solve problems and deliver assistance for customers through the pandemic and beyond. Discover the impact of their efforts on their employees and brands, and consider tips for successful fintech-bank partnerships.
EMERGE Financial Health 2021 Schedule
EMERGE Financial Health is an immersive virtual event introducing you to the leaders shaping financial health’s future.
Our 2021 Visionary Award: The Role of Leadership in Global FinHealth
Joined by our inaugural recipient Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal, Jennifer Tescher, President and CEO, Financial Health Network, and the 2021 honoree, Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, the discussion will include opportunities to ask questions about the role of leadership in advancing the mission and vision of financial health on a global scale.
JPMorgan Chase’s $30 Billion Racial Equity Initiative
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has committed a groundbreaking $30 billion to providing economic opportunities for underserved communities, especially Black and Latinx communities, over the next five years. This spotlight provides context for how JPMorgan Chase & Co. approaches impact at the local level, how it has integrated financial health, as a key pillar to this work, and how it is holding itself accountable to help reduce the racial wealth gap.
Events
We’re enabling financial health innovators and advocates like to access and participate in timely thought leadership beyond our in-person events.
Bank of America’s Essential Solutions for Financial Health
Join us for a conversation with D. Steve Boland, President of Retail and Christine Channels, Head of Community Banking and Client Protection as they discuss how they build and implement solutions like Bank of America Advantage SafeBalance™, Keep the Change®, and their Bank of America Secured Card offering, and how they are tracking and evaluating these products’ impact on customer Financial Health.
Rising to Meet The Challenge: Innovative Solutions for Workers and Students
Join us to learn how these innovators responded to the challenge, found ways to scale their offerings to meet the pressing financial health needs of the moment, and forged pathways to drive impact post-pandemic. We’ll also introduce attendees to the Financial Solutions Lab Accelerator’s new cohort of fintech startups, as we explore innovations that are helping consumers to build financial resilience and long-term stability.
Oportun Card: Advancing Economic Equity Through Financial Inclusion
Since 2005, Oportun has leveraged AI-powered models and billions of unique data points to extend more than 4 million loans and $10 billion in affordable credit. This inclusive approach has allowed nearly 1 million customers to establish their credit histories. Find out how this deep commitment to understanding customer financial needs led to a new solution for managing income volatility and covering unexpected expenses – the 2020 launch of the Oportun® Visa® credit card.
Capital One’s Affordable Housing Initiative: Bolstering the Financial Health of Underserved Communities
Desiree Francis, Head of Community Finance, will use this spotlight to explain the connection between affordable housing and financial health and how Capital One’s Digital Access (CODA) program pilot intends to improve the financial health of residents living in affordable properties the bank has financed by providing high speed digital access, devices, and digital education to families across the country.
Helping Military Veterans and Military Families Achieve Financial Security
In this session, James Beamesderfer, Vice President, Veterans Initiatives at Prudential Financial talks with Thomas Kastner, Financial Wellness Vice President at Wounded Warrior Project about how this partnership supports the financial health and vitality of military families.
Fifth Third Bank and National Urban League Workforce Development Partnership
Learn how Fifth Third Bank approaches financial health partnerships and explore the great work they are doing with the National Urban League to support communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, through upskilling and re-skilling services.
Leveraging Customer Data Ethically to Advance DEI
In this session, experts and practitioners will share best practices and a potential roadmap for financial services companies to use customer data ethically to improve financial offerings for underserved groups.
The Disparate Impacts of COVID-19 on Women
In this session, a panel of experts will discuss how the cascading economic consequences of the pandemic are reversing years of progress in workplace equity, and may have long-term implications for women’s financial lives for years to come.
Integrating FinHealth Into Your Company’s DNA
Learn how and why LendingClub made the strategic pivot to prioritize financial health in all of its products and services, how it transformed into a “financial health brand,” and how it’s tracking financial health impacts across its user base to measure success. Walk away with insights to transform your own organization’s financial health business strategy.
The Evolving Role of Fintech in FinHealth
In this discussion, learn and share perspectives with financial health experts to start planning for the future of fintech and finhealth.
Building a Stronger Social Safety Net
In this session, we will explore ways that financial institutions, policymakers, and industry leaders can come together to better support Americans relying on the social safety net, both today and in the future.
Investing in Equity Based Solutions
In this panel discussion, hear from leaders in healthcare, financial services, and workplace about ongoing efforts to drive equitable outcomes for all and the role of financial health in this critical movement.
Addressing Racial Wealth Gaps With Action and Innovation
This keynote address will also highlight opportunities for financial institutions to lead conversations, address disparities, develop solutions, and drive widespread impact for millions of people.
Who’s Leading Our FinHealth Future?
Systems, industries, organizations, and leaders are all rising to the challenge and opportunity to make financial health the lens through which we emerge from the pandemic better than before. Financial health must be more than a program or a promise if we are to meet the moment we’re in. It must become a movement, and the movement needs leaders who are accountable to its outcomes.
Martin Whittaker: How to Make a Just Company
Many financial companies have pledged resources to promote social good, but still struggle to leverage their own internal impact. In this episode of EMERGE Everywhere, JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker sits down with Jennifer to discuss his mission to help companies focus on the S in ESG, which includes investing in racial equity and employee financial wellness. Together, they discuss the importance of providing livable wages for employees and fostering inclusive workplace cultures, and how JUST Capital scores companies’ performance in ESG.
EMERGE Workplace 2021
Watch videos from our April 2021 Workplace event to see leading experts and HR practitioners share their experiences designing finhealth solutions that address a wide range of employee needs and business goals.
2018 Visionary Award
The Financial Health Visionary Award recognizes individuals who have shown unparalleled leadership in building a more accessible and inclusive financial system, and who seek to continue to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders to innovate new solutions for the financially underserved. PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman was the recipient of the inaugural award in 2018 for his commitment to transforming financial services to make life easier for billions of people around the world via the PayPal platform and network.
Gene Ludwig: Better Metrics for Better Solutions
Few people have had a career as dynamic and successful as Gene Ludwig. In this episode of EMERGE Everywhere, this Clinton administration alumnus, financial services CEO, entrepreneur, and nonprofit founder joins Jennifer to talk about his lifetime of dedication to addressing inequity. Together, they explore the need for more holistic measurements that capture the true story of what is happening for everyday Americans, and how policy changes can encourage productivity while helping to lift communities up.
Roger Hochschild: Discover the Possibilities
In 1986, Discover introduced the concept of cashback rewards on a credit card with no annual fee, transforming the landscape of credit for good. No longer reserved for the privileged few, credit cards became an everyday tool in most wallets. In this episode, Jennifer sits down with Discover CEO and President Roger Hochschild to dig into his passion for helping the underserved. Find out how his company is backing its words with action to drive real social change and bring about a better future.
EMERGE Live 2020
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, we reimagined our annual in-person EMERGE Forum conference as EMERGE Live – our first-ever live digital experience.
Ask the Experts: Day 2 Interactive Roundtable and Closing Remarks
Join some of the experts from our amazing Day 2 lineup for an interactive roundtable on workplace financial health. As audience members, you will drive the conversation. Our experts will respond to your follow-up questions on prior sessions or any other pressing workplace finhealth topics on your mind.
Ask the Experts: Day 1 Interactive Roundtable and Closing Remarks
Join some of the experts from our amazing Day 1 lineup for an interactive roundtable on workplace financial health. As audience members, you will drive the conversation. Our experts will respond to your follow-up questions on prior sessions or any other pressing workplace finhealth topics on your mind.
Chris Smith: Reimagining Insurance for Financial Resilience
Although adequate insurance is a critical tool for financial resilience, only half of Americans are confident they would have sufficient coverage to manage an emergency. Research shows that this gap has only widened in recent years. In this episode, Jen talks to Chris Smith, Executive Vice President of Group Benefits at Guardian Life, about new opportunities to modernize the benefits experience and promote greater financial resiliency for all. Most people depend on their employers for access to insurance benefits, and Guardian has been bridging the gap to help people protect their future and secure their lives for more than 160 years. Today, the company serves 29 million people with life, disability, dental, and other insurance benefits for individuals, in workplaces, and through government-sponsored programs.
Earned Wage Access and Direct-to-Consumer Advances: Usage Insights and Policy Implications
Learn how consumers are using Earned Wage Access (EWA) and Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Advance products to bridge gaps between earning and accessing income, gain data-driven insights to guide key decisions in a showcase of findings from our recent consumer usage research, and discuss the ongoing policy debate.
Applying Behavioral Insights to Design Savings Solutions
Hear from several companies who have tested the impact of their financial health innovations, and learn about the behavioral techniques they leveraged for their savings programs that drove deeper engagement, increased savings deposits, and grew savings balances.
FinHealth on Main Street: Small Business Workplace Innovation
Even with limited scale and resources, small and mid-sized businesses can still empower the financial health of their employees. Join a conversation with nonprofit social enterprise and community development financial institution, Pacific Community Ventures, about tools and opportunities for workplace finhealth innovation.
Driving Equitable Financial Health Outcomes
Has your company considered how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments apply to employee financial health outcomes? Learn how HR and DEI leaders are furthering equitable outcomes by applying a DEI lens to their employee finhealth initiatives.