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.
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.
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.
Reflecting on 20 Years of FinHealth
It’s been two decades since the Financial Health Network and a national movement to improve financial lives were founded. As we celebrate 20 years of creating financial change, what does the future hold? Listen in as longtime finhealth champions Ellen Seidman of the Urban Institute, Arjan Schütte of Core Innovation Capital, and Tilman Ehrbeck of Flourish Ventures reflect on our journey and what we can do next to make the biggest difference in financial health.
Community-Focused Credit Unions Should Have Dumped ‘Junk Fees’ Long Ago
CUs cannot profess to protect consumers while simultaneously maximizing their revenue through overdraft fees.
Leaders Across Sectors on Financial Inclusion
Katie Frost, Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access, U.S. Small Business Administration, Shardé Marchewski, Head of Supplier Diversity, Wayfair and Jennifer Tescher, President & CEO, Financial Health Network discuss how to bridge the financial inclusion gap with Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Garnesha Ezediaro at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit in New York.
Are your members happy?
People often fake it. We fake our physical ailments, we fake our emotional stability, and we fake our level of happiness. We nod along when asked. We put a smile on our face even if it doesn’t reflect what we’re feeling inside.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
This October, I’m thrilled to be joining the incredibly talented team of Mitchell Stankovic & Associates for The Underground Collision, “Grimm Fairy Tales or Happily Ever After” on October 21st in Vegas. So, it’s fully appropriate that this article refers to the infamous quote from Snow White & the Seven Dwarves.
The time to change your overdraft policy was yesterday
My colleagues at Financial Health Network recently released research citing that amid government policy overhauls and renewed regulatory attention to overdraft and NSF fees, understanding when, how, and why members overdraft should inform further shifts in credit union practices and regulatory actions.
Focusing on Financial Health: Holly O’Neill & Financial Health Network CEO Jennifer Tescher
Join Holly O’Neill, president of Retail Banking at Bank of America, as she meets with leaders across industries who are changing the game and making it personal for consumers. Her conversation with Jennifer Tescher, CEO of the Financial Health Network, explores improving financial health for all and making financial wellness the foundation of everything we do at Bank of America.
5 ways to build credit with no credit history
Many times, consumers with no credit history are new to the world of credit. They can find themselves in a Catch-22 scenario, says Jennifer Tescher, founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network in Chicago.
The fight for $15 an hour is no longer enough. It’s time to fight for $20
As an hourly wage, $15 has become so seared in the public’s consciousness as something positive, we’ve lost sight of how little it actually is.