Our Webinars
Commonwealth is on a mission to make wealth possible for all. We host a variety of programs to understand current challenges facing financially vulnerable Americans, share our research and insights, and pose equitable, scalable solutions.
Commonwealth’s webinars provide an opportunity to discover new data, receive expert insights, and strategize for organizational success. We look forward to being in conversation with you as we work together towards a more equitable future for low- to moderate-income people living in the United States. View our upcoming and past webinars below.
Past Webinars
How SECURE 2.0 Could Impact Workplace Emergency Savings and Inclusive Financial Wellness
How Payroll Providers Can Advance Worker Emergency Savings
Join Commonwealth and BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative as we present findings from our new research about how high-quality emergency savings features deployed in the payroll space could meet the needs of LMI consumers and how companies can partner with payroll service providers to provide innovative emergency savings products to their employees.
Rising Adoption of Contactless Payments & Digital Wallets: How to Maximize These New Opportunities for Inclusive Finance
Join Commonwealth on July 28th for our webinar as we highlight new research and facilitate a discussion to explore how contactless and digital payments are opening up new opportunities in inclusive finance to drive business value, and what innovators are doing to include and support consumers living on LMI particularly women, Black, and Latinx consumers.
Human-Centered Design: How to Prioritize Equity and Inclusion in the Design of Financial Products
In this webinar, Melissa Gopnik facilitates a discussion with industry leaders on innovations in human-centered product design for equity and inclusion.
What’s Next for the “S” in ESG: How Investors Can Shape Worker Financial Benefits
Commonwealth and Putnam Investments hosted a discussion on how investors can help shape worker financial benefits. Speakers detailed the current state of employer investment in employee financial security, including recent efforts by employers and their benefits providers; made the case for considering worker financial security within ESG frameworks; and highlighted best practices for employers and investors to improve their business practices and investments related to employee financial security.
Liquid Savings and Expanding Access to 529s to Close the Wealth Gap
Effective financial resources are only as valuable as they are accessible to those who need them. 529 plans, and CSAs broadly, are potentially game-changing tools for families positively impacting their trajectories of opportunity. Yet, only 4% of low- to moderate-income (LMI) families currently use 529s.
How FinTech Can Help Close the Investing Gap
Exploring ways in which innovation and partnership can close racial and gender wealth disparity.
The Future of Financial Opportunity: Exploring New Channels for Inclusive Finance
Commonwealth and experts from industries like transit, telecommunications and contactless payments discussed how these “new channels” are creating opportunities for financial innovation and inclusion and what you can do.