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Jackie Jusko
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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.

Crowdfund Insider

Conversational AI Could Make Financial Info More Accessible, Understandable

A new report from Commonwealth examines the uptake in conversation AI during the pandemic, and its potential to enhance financial security and opportunity for all.

401k Specialist

Why Momentum is Building for Emergency Savings Accounts

Earlier this year, industry nonprofit Commonwealth released a report detailing how 401k recordkeepers are leading the charge to address the emergency savings crisis, rushing to create both in-plan and out-of-plan solutions. The report summarized interviews with nine of the largest…

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal: The New Employer Benefit: Matching Emergency Savings

This Wall Street Journal story about emergency savings as an employee benefit highlights the work of our partner, BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative.

The Nonprofit Times

The Nonprofit Times: Investing App Targeted at Gender, Racial Wealth Gap

Commonwealth’s partnership with investing app Public.com will pilot an investing journey for LMI women of color.

Payments Dive

New fintech tools must address demographic gaps in usage

Commonwealth Director Brian Gilmore shared findings from a recent study with Plaid around the demographic usage of fintech tools, and the opportunity fintechs and financial institutions have to enable financial security as uptake increases.

Investment News

Investment News: How fintechs are tackling racial and gender wealth gaps

Featuring Commonwealth’s research on how fintechs can close the wealth gap as well as our partnership with Public.com.

American Banker

American Banker: What the child tax credit – a windfall for families – means for banks

Commonwealth Co-Founder and Executive Director Timothy Flacke and Co-Founder and Chairman Peter Tufano shared their insights on the financial impact the child tax credit could have for US families, and the role banks and financial institutions play in enabling financial security and…

The Hill

The Hill: Missing voices in the Child Tax Credit frenzy — parents

The Hill highlights Commonwealth’s tax time messaging in this article on parents’ voices surrounding the Advance Child Tax Credit.

Aspen Institute

Aspen Institute: For Children, Better Data Equals Better Policy

Aspen Institute highlighted Commonwealth’s research on the American Rescue Plan Act and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). 

NPR

NPR: The Expanded Child Tax Credit is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know

Commonwealth Co-Founder and Executive Director Timothy Flacke weighed in on the importance of advance child tax credit payments starting this month as Commonwealth announces its ARPA Access Initiative.

Truist

Truist: Truist launches ‘Start. Save. Win!’ pilot program to help clients build emergency savings 

Commonwealth partnered with Truist, a top 10 bank, to pilot a prize-based emergency savings program as part of our work with BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative.

Benefits Pro

BenefitsPRO: How expanding the ‘S’ in ESG helps workers, employers and investors

A recent report from Commonwealth and the Sustainable Investing Team at Putnam Investments demonstrated the role worker financial security plays in ESG metrics.