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News and announcements about MetLife Foundation's $200 million commitment to Financial Inclusion. To learn more visit www.metlife.org

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Education

MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Expand “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families”
Spanning nine countries in disparate regions, the “Dream, Save, Do” initiative has helped children and the adults in their lives set goals, aspire to reach them, make plans, and understand that the choices they make every day can help them achieve their dreams.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making a Difference Globally and Locally: How We Give Back
Since our company was founded in 1868, we’ve strived to strengthen the communities where we work. Beyond our core business of protecting life and health, we provide philanthropic support for health, education, housing, and through MetLife Foundation’s support of low-income individuals and communities on their journey toward financial health and well-being.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Multipliers of Prosperity: The Rise of Skills-Based Volunteerism
One of the biggest assets MetLife possesses is the skill and passion of MetLife employees around the world. And one of the most exciting trends in the company is the rise of skills-based volunteerism: opportunities for MetLife employees to take the professional expertise they have developed and apply it for social good.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife Foundation and Verb Launch Competition to Improve Financial Health in the U.S.
MetLife Foundation and Verb announced today the launch of Inclusion Plus in the United States as part of a global competition for entrepreneurs, nonprofits and other social impact organizations focused on addressing the financial health needs of low- to moderate-income people.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Getting Real About Innovation: Why Accion’s U.S. Network Made the Leap to Digitize Its Lending Operations
Technology can be a double-edged sword – especially when it comes to small business lending. While there’s plenty of justified excitement over the potential of providing underserved SMEs with fast access to loans through digital platforms, there are also considerable reasons for caution. Though alternative lending products can boost access, many lack transparency regarding the true cost of the loan, and therefore risk trapping small businesses in a cycle of debt.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Should We Be Talking About Financial Health Instead of Inclusion?
In this Gateway interview, Carrie shares with us some of the latest thinking on financial health and why MetLife Foundation has shifted its focus from financial inclusion to financial health.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Financial Services for Real People: Using Behavioral Science to Boost Financial Health in Latin America

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MoneyFellows Wins MetLife Foundation Financial Innovation Competition Powered by Verb, Secures $50,000 Grant
MoneyFellows of Egypt has been announced winner of the MetLife Foundation Inclusion Plus competition in Egypt & Lebanon. The competition was open to entrepreneurs, businesses and non-profit organizations and aimed to discover innovative solutions to promote financial capability and access to financial services. With more than 30 entries, MoneyFellows won the grand prize and collected a grant of $50,000.

Diversity & Inclusion

Sharing Insights: Bringing a Customer-centric Focus to the Financial Inclusion Community
Customer centricity is a win-win strategy no matter who your clients are; but for institutions looking to serve financially vulnerable populations around the world, such wins can have a tremendous positive impact on the economic livelihoods and future prosperity of their customers. To help these organizations overcome the challenges of modernizing strategies to be more customer-focused, The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) – an initiative of the World Bank, and MetLife Foundation partner – looks to thought leaders in the field, like MetLife, to share their expertise.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

In Collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Community Development, Metlife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch “Dream, save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families”
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Iftah Ya Simsim, launched a new initiative called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families” at the Jalila Children’s Centre in Dubai.
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