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Jennifer Tescher

[Forbes] FHN's Jennifer Tescher: Go Slow On Libra. Speed Up On Faster Payments.

In June, Facebook revealed the details of its proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, which will let you buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. Jennifer Tescher, founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network, raises concerns about Libra in her Forbes Opinion piece. She notes that while it's...

Time for the Financial Industry to Turn Intentions into Action

Flourish Principal Sarah Morgenstern shares insights on groundbreaking research from the Financial Health Network.

Living on the Edge: Lessons from a day in a life of a low-income American

On this FinHeath Matters Day, Flourish shares our experience participating in the CFSI FinX workshop.

[The New York Times] Are Americans Financially Healthy?

Today, the New York Times T Brand Studio released a sponsored article titled "Are Americans Financially Healthy?" that highlights findings from the U.S. Financial Health Pulse 2018 Baseline Survey. Flourish is a proud founding partner of the inaugural U.S. Financial Health Pulse, led by the Center for Financial Services Innovation...

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[Next Billion] The Vanishing American Dream: The Long Road to Financial Stability

By Jennifer Tescher / Tilman Ehrbeck Note: This post is one of NextBillion’s 12 most influential posts of 2018. Paying the mortgage and other household utilities should be relatively straightforward, but for the Johnson family, it isn’t always that simple. Sarah and Sam Johnson, one of the families profiled in...

Why We Invested in the U.S. Financial Health Pulse: Measuring What Matters

Americans’ financial lives have changed profoundly over the past half century, yet the tools for measuring household well-being have failed to keep apace.