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.
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.
Finli: Using Fintech To Support Black-Owned Businesses
Learn how fintech Finli partnered with the Financial Health Network to help Black business owners rebuild and recover from the pandemic.
Summer: Helping Borrowers Secure Student Loan Forgiveness
Learn how fintech Summer partnered with the Financial Health Network to help students pay down debt and build their financial health.
ONE@Work: Helping Workers Bridge the Income Gap Between Paydays
Learn how fintech Even, now ONE@Work, partnered with the Financial Health Network to help more people access their wages right when they need them.
New du Pont venture capital fund will back start-ups targeting low- and moderate-income customers
Ben du Pont talked about his firm's partnership with Discover, tech start-ups in the region, and research coming out of Longwood Gardens.
Banking news roundup
Discover Bank launches financial health fund, Cross River Bank climbs past real-time payment transaction benchmark, Webster funds financial education at youth-focused nonprofits and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Discover Debuts $36 Million Fund for Startups Focused on Financial Health
Discover Bank has launched a fund to support startups working to improve people’s financial health. The $36 million Discover Financial Health Improvement Fund will back companies aiming to help low- and moderate-income people, communities and small businesses in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a Tuesday (June 13) press release.
Discover Launches $36 million Fund Aimed to Improve Financial Health in Delaware
Discover Bank has launched a new mission-driven investment fund, the Discover Financial Health Improvement Fund, to support startups and early stage technology companies who are developing solutions to improve the financial health of low- and moderate-income people, communities, and small businesses. Discover Bank has made an initial capital commitment of $36 million.
Uplifting Communities Through Fintech: Building a Pathway to Financial Inclusion
Join Visa and a few of their innovative fintech partners as they discuss how collaboration in delivering financial services can create a more inclusive banking system. This webinar is EMERGE sponsored content presented by Visa.
Credit Building in the Digital Age
Innovations in fintech are creating new opportunities – and posing new risks – for consumers with invisible, unscorable, or subprime credit.
Entrepreneur Focus: Jennifer Tescher
Two events — a financial crisis followed by a global pandemic — demonstrated to Jennifer Tescher just how vulnerable the majority of Americans are.