Bespoke accounts bring 22,500 Kentuckians into banking system

Since 2010, Bank On Louisville, a financial inclusion initiative, has brought 22,500 people and $28 million into the banking system. Bank On is a nationwide program driven by local coalitions of city government and financial institutions that provide both money management education and easy access bank accounts tailored to the previously “unbanked”. There are now 57 Bank On coalitions across the United States and more than 24,100 bank branches offering their starter bank accounts.