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) among other organizations, to build and test tools to help individuals start saving for emergencies.
The companies will work with a group of nonprofits focused on consumer financial health to build then test savings products on their employees, BlackRock said in a statement. The program will be funded by BlackRock’s previously announced $50 million commitment to its emergency savings initiative, the asset manager said.
A number of companies have in recent years taken steps to encourage employees to fund emergency accounts as they respond to data that suggests a large percentage of American households are ill-prepared to deal with a financial emergency. A recent Federal Reserve report on the economic wellbeing of American households found that about 40% of Americans would struggle to cover an unexpected $400 expense.
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