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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.
Why Workplace Financial Wellness Programs Are Hot
Commonwealth's Amanda Hahnel spoke at an event about how gamification and video games can help employers contribute towards worker financial wellness, as reported in Forbes.
Keep Your Eye On Wal-Mart’s Bold, Brilliant Behavioral Program
Forbes notes the potential that Walmart's Prize Savings holds for the future of banking.
How to Trick People Into Saving Money
A feature article in The Atlantic looks at how Commonwealth, Walmart, and Green Dot use Prize-Linked Savings to trick people into saving money with the Walmart MoneyCard's Prize Savings feature.
What to do with your tax refund: Here’s the best way to use that check from the IRS
An article from Mic lists options for how to use your tax refund, including entering SaveYourRefund.
9 Smart Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
NerdWallet lists 9 smart ways to spend your refund, including one way to save it: SaveYourRefund.
Ways to Save (and Not Spend) Your Tax Refund
New York Times talks to Commonwealth about how tax filers can save their refund.
Walmart program: Stash cash in savings account, win prizes
With the help of Commonwealth, Walmart and Green Dot have launched the first national Prize-Linked Savings program, via USA Today.
Wal-Mart’s Unconventional Approach To Get People To Save: Prizes
NPR's Plant Money podcast covered Walmart's new product, Prize Savings, that brings Prize-Linked Savings to people across the country through the company's prepaid debit card.
New savings raffles entice more Minnesotans to save
A Minneapolis Star Tribune article covers the progress and success of WINcentive Savings, Minnesota's Prize-Linked Savings product that launched in January 2016.
Know your rules of thumb for credit card use
A Washington Post article covers the recent research released by the Urban Institute, which we partnered on, showing the positive effects of rules of thumb on credit card debt.
A Little Nagging Can Help Reduce Credit Card Debt
An article in the New York Times reports on research by Commonwealth and the Urban Institute that found that rules of thumb can work to change financial behaviors.
Tech makes saving to retire less of a chore or a bore
USA Today reports on D2D's work and on how with the help of gamification saving for retirement can be fun.