Around a fifth of African Americans say that when it comes to investments and financial planning for their family’s future, their knowledge is lacking. Crowdfunding platform Buy The Block is tackling this problem by helping them easily invest in real estate and support their community in the process.

Nine in ten women will have to manage their own finances at some point in their lives, yet many of them are underinvested. Ellevest is a female-only platform that aims to change that, using long-term goals rather than short-term wins to overhaul an industry that’s largely oriented towards men.

Almost half of Aussies regularly daydream about the future, but just 20% of young people have sought financial advice that could help them later in life. How is AMP Goals 360 – an interactive advice service – helping a tech-savvy generation get more engaged with their finances?

Americans are bad at saving, but considering that 57% of them play the lottery, it’s not due to a lack of money to save in the first place. The Long Game is a mobile app that wants people to feel excited at the prospect of building a nest egg in the same way they would when buying a lottery ticket.