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Protected: Event Recap: Investing in Ownership Economy
December 03, 2025
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Designing for Accessibility: Berkeley students are reimagining fintech for the visually-impaired
December 02, 2025
At IBSI, we love it when Berkeley students combine their technical skills with entrepreneurial spirits to make the world better for all. “It’s meaningful to design experiences that genuinely make life more independent and fairer for all…
Beyond the Classroom: Learning from faculty-driven research on Digital Collateral
November 27, 2025
In some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, hard-working individuals and families remain shut out of traditional banking and loan systems. Historically, lending in high and medium-income countries is secured by assets, while lower-income…
Delivering entrepreneurship training to high schoolers: Berkeley Haas’s Business Academy for Youth (B-BAY) continues to thrive
November 14, 2025
Since 2009, the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business has delivered the Berkeley Business Academy for Youth (B-BAY). The mission: to nurture, grow, and inspire the next generation of responsible business leaders. B-BAY’s intensive two-week program…
Bridging financial and mental health at work
November 07, 2025
Financial stress shows up everywhere — at work, at home, and even in our sleep. Money and finances have been a top stressor for the American people for almost a decade. (American Psychological Association Survey Shows Money Stress Weighing on…
Prioritizing mental health in the workplace
October 13, 2025
Mental health is now a workplace imperative, not just a personal one. Whether you’re navigating hybrid work as an office manager, experiencing burnout as a frontline worker, or tasked with supporting employee well-being as a leader, the state of…
Challenging the status quo on ownership
August 06, 2025
IBSI’s mission – to build a more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive society – guides everything we do. While we are not diving into our Why today, our How is constantly evolving in response to our changing world. And it’s what we…
California’s push for financial health through personal finance education
July 28, 2025
IBSI has been home to the Lab for Inclusive FinTech (LIFT) since 2020. Through LIFT’s investments in faculty-driven research, student innovations and collaborations, and convenings with major partners, we learn what it takes to make financial…
Focusing on financial health outcomes
July 01, 2025
When I told my Uber driver we were headed to the EMERGE conference led by the Financial Health Network last month, his response summed it up – this country must prioritize financial health and education. And he wasn’t exaggerating. This month,…
LIFT Q&A with Laura Chioda, LIFT Research Director | Ripple Impact Spotlight
November 05, 2023
“Q: What is the Lab for Inclusive FinTech and what are your main areas of focus? A: The UC Berkeley Lab for Inclusive FinTech is a research partnership aimed at unlocking the potential of digital financial technologies to benefit underserved…