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How Tech Can Foster Financial Capability for the Underbanked

In 2014, the financial services industry is looking to technology as a vital link between financial capability and under-resourced communities. Investments in these technologies are imperative to alleviate economic disparity and create better, safer options for the underbanked. Bridging the [...]

How Tech Can Foster Financial Capability for the Underbanked2019-05-21T15:29:43-04:00

Slow Recovery Among Young Bringing Urgency to Financial Literacy

The slow recovery by young adults from the recession is bringing urgency to financial literacy efforts, Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin said Thursday. Raskin pointed out the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds is double the national average. [...]

Slow Recovery Among Young Bringing Urgency to Financial Literacy2019-05-21T15:28:19-04:00

Employers Offering Payday Loan Alternatives

Payday lenders prey on low-wage workers who live paycheck to paycheck, charging exorbitant rates for financial quick-fixes. Although that perception is prevalent among many employers, it’s far from the complete picture. No one is immune from financial stress that can [...]

Employers Offering Payday Loan Alternatives2019-05-21T15:28:34-04:00

This Little Piggy Went to College

When her son, Cole, came home from his first day of kindergarten at a public school in San Francisco two years ago, Lauren Sigurdson, a single mom who struggles to pay basic expenses, found a welcome surprise tucked in his [...]

This Little Piggy Went to College2019-05-21T15:28:43-04:00

Banks Refresh Perspectives on the Young and the Underbanked

We live in the age of the customer, as American Banker's recent Financial Services Marketing & Innovation Symposium in New York made clear. Here are a few of the biggest takeaways from the event earlier this month. First, the banking [...]

Banks Refresh Perspectives on the Young and the Underbanked2019-05-21T15:29:33-04:00
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