Financial well-being defines all the intricacies of your money management. It goes beyond your income and credit score. It’s about your relationship with money—how you behave with money and how you spend money. Regardless of how large your income, if you are spending everything you make you are not getting wealthier, just living a higher lifestyle.
Community banks today are finding themselves under mounting pressure. The battle for deposits is more critical than ever before, new entrants to the space are creating unprecedented competition, customer expectations continue to climb and technology is evolving at a rapid rate. Not to mention, these institutions are expected to effectively manage and maintain regulatory requirements, security protocols and growing their portfolios – all within set budgets.
Policies are in the works to improve the struggles of minority deposit institutions (MDIs). Jill Sung, president and CEO of Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York City and chair of ICBA’s Minority Bank Advisory Council and Consumer Financial Services Committee, has recently testified before congress on behalf of the ICBA regarding the impact MDI’s make in underserved communities.
Everyone’s financial situation is unique. We typically think of finances as credit scores, income, and net worth. However, analyzing financial well-being looks deeper by examining our relationship with money. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) defines financial well-being as “the state wherein an individual has a sense of control over day-to-day and month-to-month finances, capacity to absorb financial shock, being on track to meet financial goals, and the ability to make financial choices to enjoy life.”1
Springdale, Arkansas (home to Teslar’s headquarters) has received an exciting new, albeit temporary, addition to the community—an Innovation Hub. The hub is a pop-up makerspace that offers opportunities for adults and children of the community to attend free classes and workshops that offer tools and training to spark innovation and creativity and improve future careers.
Let’s face it, we are fully immersed in a digital world and banks are finding a decline in traditional banking. Statistics show a 41% decline in teller transactions since 1992, further revealing the need to provide an engaging mobile banking experience.
Our home state of Arkansas recently passed the Personal Finance and Job Readiness Act, a bill that will make personal finance a required high school course beginning in 2021. Many other states have been introducing similar legislation, creating a widespread understanding of the importance of financial literacy for young people.
Join Joe Ehrhardt, Founder & CEO of Teslar Software, to see how you can become a more efficient institution without losing a high touch approach.
This past Thursday Joe Ehrhardt, CEO and founder of Teslar, hosted a webinar with the ICBA and Independent Banker. The webinar was called Meet Teslar and Joe discussed why Teslar was selected for the inaugural class of ICBA's ThinkTECH Accelerator and voted Most Impactful Solution at ICBA Live 2019.
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