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To drive maximum progress on making wealth possible for all, Commonwealth complements our innovation and partnerships by shaping relevant public and private conversations in the media. Amplifying our work in national, mainstream, and trade outlets is critical to informing and inspiring business, fintech, and policy leaders to act, and ultimately to achieving our vision of systemic change. Browse our latest articles here.
We Can Advance Economic Equity Through Automatic Enrollment for Emergency Savings
Commonwealth’s research and solutions are shared in this piece about auto-enrollment for emergency savings from employers.
More Companies Offer Emergency Savings Options to Workers
Commonwealth’s Nick Maynard weighed in on the increased emergency savings offerings from employers, including results from Commonwealth’s work with ADP to increase worker emergency savings through payroll features.
4 ways fintech can build more inclusive tools for advisors and why it’s good for business
Financial Planning shared details of Commonwealth’s pilot with Public.com exploring ways to make investing more inclusive for women of color.
Commonwealth Launches Investor Identity Research Project with Support from The Nasdaq Foundation
Yahoo Finance shares our press release on examining investor identity to cultivate an inclusive investor ecosystem
Empowering a New Investor Identity: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap While Bringing Trillions to the Markets
Commonwealth’s participation in Nasdaq’s New Investor Initiative will help pave the way for investors of color whose collective capital will move markets in the coming years.
How digital platforms can be more accessible to minority investors
A pilot program conducted by Commonwealth and Public.com shared insights into how investing platforms can better engage women of color with retail investing to help close the racial and gender wealth gap.
Commonwealth and Public.com Partnership Reveals the Impact of Inclusive Design
Investor study demonstrates how platforms can help people be better investors.
Boosting savings with payments
In this guest blog, Charvi Gandotra shares Commonwealth’s research on how people living on low to moderate incomes (LMI) use digital payment apps and the opportunity that these technologies unlock to meet wider needs beyond payments to advance the financial…
Emergency Savings Features That Employees are Looking for
Commonwealth’s new research with DCIIA RRC provides insights into how employers and service providers can create emergency savings solutions that suit the needs of people earning low and moderate incomes.
What Employees Prefer with an Emergency Saving Solution
New research from Commonwealth and DCIIA RRC shares the emergency savings product features favored by employees earning low to moderate incomes, and the role of plan sponsors and record keepers in helping advance their financial security.
Plan Progress Webinar: Plan Design Considerations to Boost Outcomes
Commonwealth’s Natalie Blain joined industry experts for a webinar to discuss Commonwealth’s research and pilots on how designing emergency savings products within retirement accounts can boost participation and financial security.
The Connection Between Emergency Savings Accounts and Retirement
A new study from Commonwealth and DCIIA’s Retirement Research Study indicates that plan sponsors have a role in driving higher retirement plan solutions for plan participants earning low and moderate incomes by offering robust emergency savings products.