For the first time, we explore what's known about the deep relationship between financial and mental health challenges – and what’s left to uncover.

Despite their ubiquity, people with disabilities are frequently marginalized, resulting in profound impacts to their economic well-being.

What are Americans paying for financial services as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic? This year’s FinHealth Spend Report – our long-running national study on the costs of financial services to U.S. households – reveals that spending has soared in the past year amid a turbulent economy and persistent inflation.

Overdraft and non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees remain a reality in America’s modern banking system, but the landscape is rapidly evolving. This FinHealth Spend Product Spotlight sheds light on the state of overdraft today, the consumers who use it, and potential implications for financial institutions and policymakers.

In our first report to focus on the Financial Health Network’s home city, we explore the realities of the financial lives of people in Chicago and neighboring Cook County suburbs.

The Financial Health Network’s research has consistently shown a sizable gap in the financial health of men and women. Moreover, recent data found that while financial health improved overall for the country during the pandemic, the gap between men and women actually widened.

This year’s annual FinHealth Spend Report examines how households in America managed their finances and accessed credit during the second year of the pandemic, analyzing year-over-year trends for more than two dozen financial products and services.

In this brief, we leverage findings from a nationally representative survey to better understand the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, the users who are driving it, and the implications for their financial health.