This pilot study explores the delivery and effectiveness of MyBudgetCoach (MyBC), a financial coaching program designed to help low- and moderate-income adults develop budgeting skills, set financial goals, and work towards those goals. This study compares two modes of program delivery: in-person coaching and fully remote coaching. By testing financial coaching in these two contexts, … Continue reading MyBudgetCoach Pilot Study: Final Report and Summary Brief
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Financial Coaching Census 2015: RESULTS BRIEF
Financial coaching has gained recognition as a strategy that can improve financial capability and security. Yet within this advancing field of practice, many questions remain. What is the current size of the field? How is financial coaching being implemented? How do organizations, coaches, and funders measure success? And what is needed to support more … Continue reading Financial Coaching Census 2015: RESULTS BRIEF
Insights from an International Perspective
CFS Fellow Majdi Debbich, an Economist at the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) in Paris, was an invited speaker at the The Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions (SBIF) conference in Chile. Held in November, 2015, the conference brought together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners to share ideas and insights on financial stability, regulation … Continue reading Insights from an International Perspective
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 