Our Mission
We seek a world in which data and technology are used responsibly to help families and small businesses better manage their daily lives and build long-term economic security.
Our Vision
FinRegLab is a driving force in advancing the safe and responsible use of data and technology to produce financial services that are transparent, fair, and tailored to the needs of families and small businesses. We fill knowledge gaps and facilitate dialogue to evolve market practices and public policy.
Our Core Values
Rigor
FinRegLab is committed to conducting rigorous public research and producing high-quality work products that are informed by and shared widely with our diverse set of stakeholders. Stakeholders include financial services firms, technology companies, consumer advocates, academics, and policymakers.
Actionable
FinRegLab seeks to find actionable solutions that will produce meaningful and scalable impacts for increasing financial and economic opportunities. We look to the future and think creatively, pragmatically, and flexibly to produce constructive work products and decisions, even in the face of imperfect information and uncertainty.
Independence
The integrity and independence of our work is core to our credibility and the value of FinRegLab as a research organization. While we welcome and actively seek input and feedback from all relevant stakeholders, FinRegLab has the final word on our research, working groups, events, and editorial content.
Transparency
We foster transparency by disclosing information about our data, methods, and findings with sufficient detail to permit others to understand and scrutinize our results. We are transparent about internal policies and procedures to promote understanding and buy-in. We encourage inquiries about our research methods and practices and endeavor to answer requests for information promptly.
Engagement
We strive to build connections, communities, and a culture that values engagement and perspectives from different voices through or work with stakeholders and employees. We seek to understand, respect, and foster meaningful interactions and relationships among people with different viewpoints, backgrounds, and contributions to share knowledge between diverse audiences and to facilitate progress toward common goals.
Curiosity
We approach situations and problems with curiosity and humility in order to promote a cycle of continuous learning. We work to identify our assumptions and biases, gather diverse and rigorous input, provide clear-eyed assessments and feedback, and improve our understanding, processes, and work products on an ongoing basis.
About FinRegLab
FinRegLab is an independent, nonprofit organization that conducts research and experiments with new technologies and data to drive the financial sector toward a safe and responsible marketplace. The organization also facilitates discourse across the financial ecosystem to inform public policy and market practices. To receive periodic updates on the latest research, subscribe to FRL’s newsletter and visit www.finreglab.org. Follow FinRegLab on LinkedIn.
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