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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.
Employers Help Workers Build Household-Emergency Funds
Wall Street Journal highlights two initiatives and the partners we've worked with on them – America Saves' Split to Save campaign, and Blackrock's Emergency Savings Initiative.
Viewpoint: Boston can solve America’s most pressing financial challenges
Op-Ed in the Boston Business Journal, co-written by FinTech Sandbox co-founder Sarah Biller and Commonwealth Senior Vice President Nick Maynard, explores how the FinTech ecosystem has the ability to transform the financial industry and solve some of the country's most pressing…
Commonwealth Partners To Improve Financial Security For Low-Income Households
A column in Forbes looks at the work Commonwealth will be doing with new funding from MetLife Foundation and BlackRock over the next few years, including wealth accumulation for financially vulnerable people.
Early Access To Wages, A Prized Benefit, Costs Employers Little Or Nothing
A Forbes article on early wage access quotes Commonwealth Executive Director Tim Flacke suggesting the importance of pay advance options in smoothing income and expense volatility, a major driver of financial vulnerability.
Walmart MoneyCard Saves Consumers $2B
Pymnts.com article looks at the impact of Prize Savings, a prize-linked savings feature on the Walmart MoneyCard designed in partnership with Commonwealth.
Got a tax refund? Do something smart with it.
Article in the Washington Post suggests what you can do with your tax refund – including entering SaveYourRefund or opening a Prize Linked Savings account.
Experts say small tax refunds are a good thing
A look at how Americans spend the cash explains why they don’t feel the same Business insider article on what people do with their tax refunds includes a quote from Commonwealth Executive Director Tim Flacke on saving at tax time.
The Cost of Financial Precarity
Feature in the Stanford Social Innovation Review takes a look at how anxiety about debt and financial stability can severely reduce the productivity and health of employees, which can hurt a company’s bottom line, and why businesses, government, and philanthropic…
MetLife Foundation, Commonwealth Launch Multi-Year Effort to Help Millions of Financially Vulnerable Build Savings & Economic Opportunity
Press release posted to Associated Press announces Commonwealth's partnership with MetLife Foundation to launch new initiative for building financial security.
For most people, higher yields don’t inspire more saving—here’s what could do the trick
Bankrate articles looks at ways to motivate people to save, including prize-linked savings.
Think Saving for Old Age Can’t Be Fun? Try Making It a Game
New York Times article highlights the use of gamificaiton in financial education, including Commonwealth's gamified app Ramp It Up.
DC plan executives get serious about playing games
Pensions & Investments looks at the increasing use of gamification in driving retirement plan engagement and increasing financial literacy, including Commonwealth's partnership with Staples to create the game Bite Club.