Saving money is important not only for long-term needs like retirement but also for expenses in the short term. This is because incomes and expenses are not always constant, and people can’t necessarily predict when they will need more cash. A reliable savings cushion is critical when people encounter large, unexpected costs or lose their … Read more.
As an unabashed finance nerd, I love a good tip about how to improve my financial health. I always look forward to April, Financial Literacy Month, for a flood of recommendations. Managing personal finances is hard, and recent research suggests that a huge proportion of Americans, not just those at the lower end of the … Read more.
In the Learning Behavioral Design series, we share lessons from ideas42 projects that aim to teach practitioners how to apply our behavioral design methodology to their day-to-day work. At the launch of ideas42 and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s new immersive consumer finance initiative, guest speaker Tom Tosuksri wanted to answer one big question that was … Read more.
In the U.S., 44% of households are considered “liquid asset poor”, lacking savings to cover basic expenses for three months. What would it take to increase the financial resilience of these families? Could you do it with a simple 30-minute phone call? At ideas42, we think so. With funding from MetLife Foundation under its financial … Read more.