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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.
Fintech Intel: Commonwealth and JPMorgan Chase to investigate fintech impact on financially vulnerable
Fintech Intel is sharing the details on our collaboration with JPMorgan Chase to inform and influence the impact of emerging technology on financially vulnerable consumers.
Fintech Futures: Commonwealth collaborates with JP Morgan on emerging tech
Fintech Futures is covering our initiative with JPMorgan Chase. “As part of the two-year initiative, Commonwealth will conduct research, understand and document the financial landscape for financially vulnerable people. It will examine usage patterns of emerging tech with a focus…
JPMorgan Chase, Commonwealth Announce 2-Year Initiative To Further Democratize Finance
Benzinga covered our announcement of our collaboration with JPMorgan Chase to boost emerging technology innovations for financially vulnerable people, highlighting the acceleration of the shift towards fintech solutions and its impact on lower- and moderate-income people.
Plansponsor: Best Practices From Behavioral Economics: Communicating in Times of Crisis
In an op ed for Plansponsor, Warren Cormier of the DCIIA Retirement Center shares how best practices in behavioral economics can enable communication during a crisis. Cormier shares research Commonwealth has been conducting with DCIIA to understand how low- and…
Bank Innovation: Consumer anxiety grows around financial health
Bank Innovation shares the results of Perceptions of Financial Insecurity in America: A National Survey of Working People in the United States. “Americans are anxious about their financial health and most are looking to their nancial institutions for support, according to…
American Banker: Chase, Commonwealth to research how tech affects low-income Americans
Commonwealth Executive Director spoke with American Banker about our new initiative with JPMorgan Chase to address the needs of financially vulnerable Americans with regard to emerging technologies. The project will involve on-the-ground research to understand the positive and negative effects of…
NextBillion: The Case for Stakeholder Dividends: Why It’s Time for the Financial Sector to Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
Commonwealth Cofounder and Chair Peter Tufano, Dean of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and Commonwealth Cofounder and Executive Director Timothy Flacke shared their perspective on shareholder dividends during COVID-19 with Next Billion. “In this downturn, banks have…
Yahoo Finance: 81% see financial insecurity as a major issue: Survey
Commonwealth Timothy Flacke was interviewed on Yahoo Finance along with Funding Our Future, discussing our new data about how Americans view the role of employers, financial institutions, and the government in helping to build household financial security.
Benefits Pro: A return to pre-COVID-19 financial status not good enough: report
Benefits Pro reports on Commonwealth's new study, Perceptions of Financial Insecurity in America, and what it means for financial recovery from the COVID pandemic.
Bloomberg Law: Employee Auto-Savings Account Trial Disclosures Approved by CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced approval for Commonwealth's work on financial disclosure language that companies can use to create automatic emergency savings accounts for low- and moderate-income employees, as reported in Bloomberg Law.
PlanSponsor: No Massive Pullback From Retirement Savings Seen Yet
Research from Commonwealth and Commonwealth and the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) Retirement Research Center finds few retirement savers have lowered savings rates or withdrawn money; however, those with lower incomes and in certain industries may be disproportionately affected.
Authority Magazine: Timothy Flacke of Commonwealth: How We Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy
In a recent profile from Authority Magazine, Commonwealth Executive Director Timothy Flacke talks about the early days of Commonwealth (then D2D Fund), the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the work we're doing to build financial security for all.