Press

3/25/2013
NerdWallet ranks Financial Entertainment as the Most Addictive online financial literacy games
Learn By Doing: Best Online Financial Literacy Games

3/3/2013
Boston Globe article on financial literacy highlights D2D's Financial Entertainment
Improving your financial literacy skills

2/5/2013
US News calls the SaveYourRefund Sweepstakes one of its great reasons to save
4 Great Reasons to Save Your Tax Refund

2/2/2013
Bite Club and other Financial Entertainment titles gain attention from The Economist
Blood bars and debt bunnies 

1/28/2013
D2D's Financial Entertainment successes are highlighted by CCR World
Computer games used to increase financial literacy

12/21/2012
D2D is featured on Next City's 2012 Disruption Index
Disruption Index: Doorways to Dreams Fund

12/10/2012
D2D's Tim Flacke talks FinCapDev in the Huffington Post
Mobile Tech and Personal Finance: The Perfect Storm to Change the Financial Behaviors of the Populations that Need It Most

12/5/2012
D2D's Tax Time Savings work highlighted in Real Clear Policy
Savings Bonds: The Season's "Should-Have" Stocking Stuffer

12/4/2012
FinCapDev announces new partners
FinCapDev Announces New Partner Organizations: Braintree, EachScape, Women Innovate Mobile

12/3/2012
D2D's Tim Flacke discusses Prize-Linked Savings, Savings Bonds
Why People Do Not Save Money, and How to Change That

12/2/2012
Prize-Linked Savings featured in the Concord Monitor
Should NH explore a lottery where everyone wins?

11/29/2012
Prize-Linked Savings in Bloomberg News on the heels of the Powerball
How to Save Money by Playing Powerball


11/29/2012
FinCapDev calls for female entrepeneurs in Women 2.0
Financial Capability Development Competition Proposals Due Dec. 10

11/28/2012
FinCapDev plugged in Digital Innovation Gazette
Personal Finance Goes Mobile

10/4/2012
MyMoneyAppUp Winners Announced, FinCapDev Competition Launches
Treasury, MyMoneyAppUp Partners Announce Winners of App Design Challenge
FinCapDev Competition Launches to Drive App Ideas from Design to Build to Market

10/3/2012
FinExtra covers MyMoneyAppUp & FinCapDev
Americans invited to submit finance app ideas for $100k competition

10/3/2012
Treasury interviews MyMoneyAppUp finalist
MyMoneyAppUp Finalist: My Next Car App

10/3/2012
Treasury interviews MyMoneyAppUp grand prize winner
MyMoneyAppUp Grand Prize Finalist: Centz App
 
10/3/2012
MyMoneyAppUp grand prize winner featured in NJ Star-Ledger
Hoboken resident's Centz app adds up for student borrowers

10/2/2012
Prize-Linked Savings featured in Financial Brand
Savings Account Lotteries Spike Gains, Get Results

9/28/2012
New America interviews an employee who submitted to MyMoneyAppUp
MyMoneyAppUp Challenge: MOOLAH App Concept

9/28/2012
MyMoneyAppUp results in AOL Government
Mobile Apps Compete for Treasury Department Prizes

9/28/2012
American Banker features winning MyMoneyAppUpp mobile app
Treasury's Mobile App Idea Contest Winner: A tool that Helps Student Borrowers

9/21/2012
Tampa Bay Business Journal interviews local MyMoneyAppUp contestant
Manatee County man advances in Treasury tech challenge

9/21/2012
Clarion Ledger interviews local MyMoneyAppUp runner-up
Financial planner creates 'Crazy Money'

9/20/2012
D2D & Playstyc, Inc. Release Findings of Prepaid Card Study
Families Avoid Payday Loans and Pawn Shops Using Prepaid Card Feature, D2D Fund Study Finds

9/14/2012
D2D's Tim Flacke talks to ABC News about FDIC's survey of unbanked and underbanked households
Financial Situation for Unbanked Worsened, Report Says

9/10/2012
AOL Government discusses implications of MyMoneyAppUp
What 205 Prize Challenges Have Taught Government Agencies
 
9/7/2012
Credit Union National Association features Prize-Linked Savings
Prize-linked savings: CUs at forefront

9/6/2012
D2D's Prize-Linked Savings Featured in American Banker
Saving Raffles Gain Momentum, as Banks Seek Entrance

9/1/2012
Lake County News-Sun interviews local MyMoneyAppUp winner
There's an app for that, Waukenganite finds

8/31/2012
Save to Win in The Consumerist
New Branch Promotion Turns ATMS Into No-Lose Slot Machines

8/30/2012
Prize-Linked Savings in Northwest Credit Union Association
Two Washington Credit Unions Approve Prize-Linked Savings Programs

8/28/2012
Prize-Linked Savings in Triangle Business Journal
Credit unions to offer lottery-like savings account

8/8/2012
CFED plugs MyMoneyAppUp
MyMoneyAppUp: It's Not Too Late!

8/8/2012
Citi blogs MyMoneyAppUp
Citi Foundation Promotes Creation of Next-Gen Mobile Apps with MyMoneyAppUp Challenge

8/1/2012
Prize-Linked Savings mentioned in Credit Union Times
Women to Watch 2012: An In-Depth Look at the Industry Supporters

8/1/2012
Appolicious covers MyMoneyAppUp
MyMoneyAppUp Challenge to award $25,000 for best ideas to promote financial literacy

7/31/2012
Jean Chatzsky Promotes MyMoneyAppUp Challenge on MSNBC's Morning Joe
Is the Middle Class Disappearing?

7/25/2012
MyMoneyAppUp, expert judges covered in BankTech
Experts from Facebook, Google to Judge Best Mobile App Ideas for Financial Services

7/18/2012
Prize-Linked Savings featured in Citizens League
Recreating a culture of savings

7/12/2012
MyMoneyAppUp in Authentic Matters
You’ve Got $$-Related Mobile App Ideas. We’ve Got Rewards for Them.
 

7/12/2012
Save to Win, Financial Entertainment in Credit Union Times
Can Personal Finance Fly Like Angry Birds? 

7/11/2012
Gone Native covers MyMoneyAppUp
U.S. Treasury Holds Mobile Money App-Dev Competition

7/11/2012
Save to Win in The Asset Agenda
The Asset Agenda

7/7/2012
MyMoneyAppUp in Idea Connection Blog
Boost Your Bank Account By Helping People Sort Out Their Finances

7/5/2012
MyMoneyAppUp featured in In The Capital
U.S. Treasury Dept Launches MyMoneyAppUp to Motivate Student Entrepreneurs

7/3/2012
Beth Kobliner Promotes MyMoneyAppUp Challenge on MintLife blog
MintFamily with Beth Kobliner: The MyMoneyAppUp Challenge

6/29/2012
Business Week covers MyMoneyAppUp Challenge
Wanted: Apps to manage your money

6/27/2012
D2D and CFSI Partner with the U.S. Treasury to Launch the MyMoneyAppUp Challenge
Treasury Launches MyMoneyAppUp Challenge


6/13/2012
CBS 42 covers Summer Quest: Birmingham
Facebook & Savings

5/24/2012
D2D's Prize-Linked Savings Work featured in Huffington Post
SaveUp $2 Million Jackpot Rewards Saving, Debt-Paying
 

5/6/2012
Baltimore Sun Covers Prize-Linked Savings Lesiglation in Maryland
Banks and Credit Unions to offer Cash Prizes under New Law

4/3/2012
Credit Union Times on D2D's First PLS Summit
Savings Rewards Pilot Program From Filene, SaveUp Launches at 20 Credit Unions


3/15/2012
Bite Club Wins Eddy Award from Pensions & Investments Magazine
Staples Sinks its Teeth into 401(k) Education

2/22/2012
Boston Globe Profiles Bite Club, D2D's Collaboration with Staples and New York Life
Taking new approaches to money lessons

1/14/2012
Omaha World Herald
on Prize Linked Savings in Nebraska
Credit unions' new savings lottery finds support in Nebraska

12/11/2011
Boston Globe Interviews D2D's Executive Director Tim Flacke
Prizes Help Change People's Thoughts on Saving Cash

11/30/2011
ABC News Reports on Tax Time Savings Bond Campaign
IRS Seeks 99,123 Taxpayers for Unclaimed Money


10/11/2011
American Banker Reports on Prize Linked Savings
Banks Get a Prize- Based Savings Incentive

9/22/2011
Credit Union Times Covers Prize Linked Savings in Nebraska
Nebraska CUs Launching 'Save to Win' by Jan. 1


9/19/2011
Huffington Post - Patrice Peyret Writes
The Psychology of Saving (especially when you're broke)

8/30/2011
DC Examiner Writes about Farm Blitz and D2D Partnership with NCLR
Farm Blitz: How NCLR is Sowing Financial Literacy in the Latino Community

7/28/2011
CUInsight Covers Peter Tufano on Financial Entertainment
Consider Consumers in Different Ways

7/26/2011
D2D and Baltimore and Maryland CASH Capture User Experience Videos on Electronic Bond Purchase
Treasury Moves Away from Paper to Electronic Savings Bonds

7/19/2011
Credit Union Times on Gamification and Financial Entertainment
No More Cowbell: Rethinking Financial Literacy at Credit Unions


7/15/2011
Discussing the Ramifications of the Move from Paper to Electric
Paper Savings Bonds are Going Electric

5/26/2011
Center for Financial Inclusion Blogs about Bite Club
Vampires: Can They Make Financial Education More Fun?

5/2011 
Farm Blitz Receives EIFLE Award


5/2011
The Trick: We can't tell how long that long shot really is
AARP Magazine Reports on PLS

4/27/2011
Credit Union Times: Nebraska Governor Signs Savings Raffle Bill
Governor Supports Save to Win; Credit Unions Allowed to Offer Prizes for Opening Savings Accounts

4/2011
American Banker: Not Just Fun And Games
D2D's Financial Entertainment makes it into US Banker

03/21/2011
USA Today: Credit unions try raffles to lure savers
Iowa Credit Union’s efforts to pass PLS policy, work D2D has supported

 
2/25/2011 
Business Review: You Save, You Get a Chance to Win


2/24/2011
Detroit Free Press: Part of Tax Refund Can Go to Bond
Susan Tompor writed about Tax Time Savings 

2/16/2011
Financial Times: Chance Can Be a Better Way to Save
Peter Orszag discusses Prize Linked Savings and D2D

2/11/2011
Michigan Credit Union League Press Release 

1/15/2011
Save Now Win Later Press Release


11/16/2010
Freakonomics Radio: The "No-Lose" Lottery
Part 1
Part 2