Financial Health Runs in the Family: Intergenerational Trends and Opportunities
Family members don’t live in silos, and financial health solutions can’t, either. How can we take a holistic approach to meet every generation’s needs?
Building with Wisdom: Why Centering Black Elders Is Key to Financial Innovation
In an exclusive post-EMERGE Q&A, Raymond A. Jetson of Aging While Black shares how honoring Black elders can transform financial futures across America.
Building Wealth: Empowering Black Small Business Owners Through Investing
A new program shows promise for increasing stock market participation and investing confidence among Black entrepreneurs.
New Frontiers in Financial Inclusion
Opportunities revealed in the FDIC’s latest survey could spark fresh ways for banks to reach “last-mile customers”.
Community Perspectives: Aging as a Force for Community Transformation
A social enterprise innovator, former Louisiana state legislator, and proud Black elder advocate shares compelling lessons on the importance of elder representation for community transformation.
Breaking New Ground: Visionary Women Advancing Financial Health for All
We’re celebrating Women's History Month by honoring three trailblazing women instrumental in advancing the financial health movement over the past two decades – and they’re not done yet.
Financial Solutions Lab: Creating Next-Gen Tools To Advance FinHealth
The Financial Solutions Lab ushered in a new era of fintech solutions to tackle persistent gaps in consumer financial health.
Black History Month Q&A: TransUnion’s Tracie Anderson on Financial Health
TransUnion Principal, Economic Inclusion Strategy for U.S. Markets Tracie Anderson has spent her career breaking barriers to financial health for marginalized communities. In this special Black History Month Q&A, she shares what she’s learned – and the interventions she sees as critical to advancing financial inclusion today.
Breaking Barriers: Pathways to Financial Empowerment in Black Communities
Illuminating systemic financial challenges and pathways to economic empowerment for Black communities.
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap With Financial Asset Ownership
A new program aims to equip Black students with the tools and confidence to participate in the stock market.
What We Can Learn About Wealth Disparities in a Moment of Unprecedented Intergenerational Wealth Transfer
Article #3 in the Series | In the decades ahead, the country is on the precipice of a significant shift in wealth and assets between generations as America’s population ages.
Yemi Rose | DEI, Financial Health, and the Future of Work
DEI in the workplace has evolved dramatically over the last few years. As a new administration takes office, how can employers navigate the changing landscape and make sure they’re doing right by their workers? Yemi Rose, founder and CEO of financial wellness platform OfColor, sits down with Financial Health Network Vice President Matt Bahl to discuss his own journey as a DEI leader and strategies to prepare for what’s next. Don’t miss their conversation on the final episode of our EMERGE Everywhere Workplace mini-series.
Pulse Points: Disparities in Credit Scores and Length of Credit History
How is credit history related to race and ethnicity, and what steps can financial service providers take to address credit health inequities?
Chime: Advancing FinHealth for All Through Innovative Banking Services
Chime is transforming banking with accessible, low-cost financial services, enabling more people to build credit, tap into liquidity, and achieve financial health.
How Can Employers Help Increase Access to Affordable Housing?
Three takeaways from our recent Member-exclusive Executive Roundtable on how organizations can help employees access affordable housing.
Lessons From FinX: The Challenges of Financially Vulnerable Consumers
The lessons learned and insights gained from FinX, a unique workshop that illuminates the challenges faced by financially vulnerable consumers.
Disability in the Workplace: A Financial Health Perspective
Join fellow Members for an in-depth discussion exploring these challenges and the employer solutions that make a difference.
Pulse Points Summer 2024: The Financial Health of Foreign-Born Consumers
How does the financial health of foreign-born consumers compare with those born in the U.S., and how can we set immigrants up for financial success?
Financial Health Frontiers: Shaping the Future of Financial Health
Which trends will shape financial health the most over the next generation – and how can we harness them to help more people achieve financial security?
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.
“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.
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.
To the Women Who Came Before Me, and Those on Their Way
A personal reflection from our Senior Director, Workplace and Financial Health Equity, on the financial barriers women have endured across generations and how to break the cycle.
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.
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.
These Black Founders Are Paving the Way Toward Equity in Financial Health
In honor of Black History Month, we’re spotlighting three Black founders and FSL alumni who are on the forefront of racial equity in financial health.
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.
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.
Can Government-to-Person Payment Partnerships Increase Financial Inclusion?
Industry partnerships to deliver government payments may help bring more people into the banking system – but we need to learn more about them first.
Fueling Financial Success for Businesses From Underserved Communities
Fellow Members to discuss these challenges and potential solutions in this recording of our fall Executive Roundtable.
New Research from Financial Health Network Shows 90% of Working-Age People with Disabilities are Not Financially Healthy
Report also finds that 93% of people with disabilities are unfamiliar with ABLE Accounts, the primary tool offered by the government for building and maintaining assets without losing public benefits
The Financial Health of People With Disabilities
Despite their ubiquity, people with disabilities are frequently marginalized, resulting in profound impacts to their economic well-being.
‘People Completely Overlooked Me as a Consumer’: Melanie’s Story
What does it feel like to navigate a bank branch as a disabled person? Melanie, who uses a wheelchair, opens up about her experience and shares lessons for the industry as part of our in-depth report on the financial health of people with disabilities.
The Hidden Costs of an ‘Invisible’ Disability: Simone’s Story
Unexpected expenses often mean stretched budgets for disabled people. As part of our in-depth report on the financial health of people with disabilities, 21-year-old Simone shares her experience.
A Former Banker Navigates Life Through a New Lens: Jonathan’s Story
While working in the banking industry in his early thirties, Jonathan began to lose his eyesight. When he told his manager he was having trouble seeing his computer screen, her response was clear: You’re on your own. Ultimately, Jonathan left his banking career due to a lack of accommodations. He held a few other jobs until blindness forced him to stop working completely.