Financial Literacy Group  

Santa Monica,  CA 
United States
https://www.financialliteracy.group/
  • Booth: 1502

Financial Literacy Group is changing the narrative on financial wellness, by providing hybrid financial arbitrage a solution that will help you create a healthy, long term financial future.  An optimized personal financial position.

We are on a mission to help America close it's wealth gap.

Our solutions equalize the financial playing field between middle class Americans and financial institutions. We teach adults who live on Main Street how to manage their finances like people who work on Wall Street, one individual, one family or one small business owner at a time.

We deliver education, debt management, mortgage elimination, interest cancellation through our algorithm based GPS debt mapping technology. 

We provide our unique liquid asset based insurance products, and debt/mortgage arbitrage, that allow our clients to bank like the banks do.

Hybrid Financial Arbitrage - Two IRS codes 7702 & 101a passed by congress in the Cares Act 2020 allows, every person in the country to establish their own personal bank. Every individual, family or business owner can to turn their debt and liabilities into capital, income and wealth.


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  • Through our research, we found that a similar solution under current tax law, would work for individuals, families, business owners and nonprofits. We found that because of the change to the IRS codes 7702 and 101a via the 2020 Cares Act, which allows a policyholder to put up to 3 times more money into an insurance policy without it becoming a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC). Because this is now allowed or permitted , it has opened up new possibilities!

    In 2022, 401(k) contribution limits are $20,500 ($27,000 for those older than 50), while IRA contribution levels are only $6,000 ($7,000 for those older than 50).

    Now the cash value in an insurance policy could include the policyowner’s entire debt balance. We realized we could create a solution that would provide a tax-free death benefit, living benefits, and potential tax free earnings on the cash surrender value, which could include the debt balance, using liquid asset based insurance products and no risk indexing options. 

    Using a spreadsheet that banks use to calculate the spread or delta between what they are paying for interest loans versus what they charge consumers, called an arbitrage. This is why we named the solution Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage. Read More  Take our Mortgage Payoff Survey

  • Betterment Inc, Is Changing The Narrative On Financial Wellness, By Providing A Hybrid Solution That Will Help Create A Healthy, Long Term Financial Future For Employers & Their Employees. We Are An Alternative To A 401K Plan.

    Comprehensive, Straight Talk Personal Finance E-Learning Courses That Speak To Real World Issues.

    Our Algorithm Based Debt Mapping Technology That Applies Banking Principals To Math. The Technology Analyzes Personal Or Business Financial Statements And Creates The Mathematically Fastest Route To Zero Debt. The Financial GPS, Eliminates Debt, Cancels Interest, Educates, Engages, Plans, Forecasts, Manages, Advises, Monitors, Reports And Guides Users Step By Step To Zero Debt.

    Business Owners And Their Employees Learn How To Turn Debt Into Long Term Income. Our Clients Move Liabilities From A Recourse To A Non-Recourse Position And Earn The Revenue The Banks Would Have Earn From Their Debt. Have An EIDL Loan? We Should Talk! Learn More  Take our Financial Wellness Survey

  • Our go debt free program uses sophisticated technology that serves as a financial GPS to direct the user to pay off their 30 year mortgage in as little as 5-7 years, with no change to your budget.

    Consumers who use this smart debt elimination tool will save up to 70% of the interest on their 1st and/or 2nd mortgage, without changing budget. Our go debt free solution shows the user the exact date they will be debt free and its debt reduction results are proven.

    The technology works on all kinds of debt; credit cards, residential and commercial mortgages, auto, equity, personal, student, equipment and business loans. The technology can manage multiple mortgages and all personal and/or business debt simultaneously, it can also be securely connected to most bank accounts.

    The technology prioritizes your debt and pays the most costly loans first and continues this method until all the user’s debt is completely paid off. Read More


 Press Releases

  • Betterment Inc., is a progressive financial wellness solution that makes employees smarter about their finances. “Our solution includes a textbook, eBooks, online courses, with provision of debt and financial analysis. Our solution exposes employees to breakthrough financial technologies, proprietary debt reduction techniques, relieves their stress and adds to the quality of their lives,” states Ron Harris, CEO of Financial Literacy Group LLC.

    “Through Betterment Inc., we deliver financial literacy, personally; in one on one meetings and through personal finance eLearning courses. These courses are developed by our team of certified educators at Finance Literacy Institute, our educational division. Much of our curriculum is based on our text book “How Money Works” and is presented in English and Spanish,” adds Harris.

    The algorithm based technology pinpoints exactly where an employee is financially. The Debt to Wealth SaaS calculates a mathematical strategy that substantially shortens debt payoff time and it eliminates interest on all kinds of debt.

    The app also provides an additional way to measure the actual impact and results our overall solution has on your employees lives, day to day, month to month and year over year.

    Financial wellness initiatives are promoted across the organization using content that is researched and created weekly. “The Betterment Inc., content library houses thousands of educational financial posts, email, articles, videos, blogs, podcasts, advice, presentations, webinars, community and media appearances,” explains, Dr. Joseph Webb, III, Vice President of Black Wealth Consortium

    The solution measures and evaluates employee engagement and participation through online survey, and KPI driven analytics. “The Betterment team participates, tracks course scores, and the financial accomplishments of participating employees, for years, if not their lifetimes,” adds Webb.

    Betterment Inc, gives employees access to a large selection of debt counselors, independent financial advisors, certified financial educators, professional financial planners and experienced financial investment advisors.

    The financial wellness solution is easily integrated into your current employee benefits package, we currently work with benefits brokers across the US.

    “Unlike many financial wellness companies, are not associated with any financial institution, we don’t offer any loan restructuring schemes, we are consumer advocates. Our debt solution is strategic payoff and deploying proprietary debt reduction techniques while relieving employee stress and adding to the quality of their lives,” adds Harris.

    Betterment Inc. developed by Financial Literacy Group LLC, is a collaboration of solution specialists, software developers, systems integrators, debt counselors, certified financial educators and experienced independent financial advisors, who are dedicated to employee wellbeing.

    Financial Literacy Group LLC, is on a mission to help America close it’s wealth gap. Working with employers, we provide financial wellness solutions that level the financial literacy playing field between working class adults and financial institutions. We teach people who live on Main Street, how to manage their finances like people who work on Wall Street; one individual, one family or one small business owner at a time.  Go Debt Free

  • How do banks, credit unions, and other organizations in the finance industry use tax-advantaged products to offset costs?

    Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) is a great way for banks to save money on their employee benefit costs.

    Banks are responsible to pay their employees an adequate employee benefit package. All while being fiscally responsible and profitable in the long run. The rising cost of employee benefits is an issue facing businesses of all sizes and BOLI is a viable solution for banks, credit unions and other community financial institutions.

    A 2021 US Bank Location study reveals the amount of assets banks have in life insurance. Here are the top 3:

    $24,068,000,000 Bank of America
    $19,483,000,000 Wells Fargo Bank
    $12,139,000,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank

    No matter what type of BOLI program is used, the biggest benefit is that income earned on the cash value of the policies is generally not considered an employee's taxable income -- unlike benefits you would typically see in a 401(k) or profit-sharing plan.

    “Through this study of BOLI we've learned how it has already helped to fund scholarships, construct community building and more. Now we can clearly see that life insurance to supplement income is a solution that could be used by middle class people to turn their debt into income and generational wealth,” states Ron Harris, CEO of Financial Literacy Group.

    “Through our research, we found that a similar solution under current tax law, would work for individuals, families, business owners and nonprofits. Because of the change to the IRS code via the 2020 Cares Act, we were able to design a consumer version of BOLI”. Says, Harris.

    Now the cash value in an IUL could include the policyowner’s debt balance and that would provide a tax-free death benefit, living benefits, and potential tax free earnings and no risk.

    This means an individual, family or business owner could put the money needed to pay their debts into the policy and borrow that money and still pay their debts.

    “Using accelerated debt payoff and by over-funding an IUL with the insured's debt balance, the insured can fund their own bank in less than 10 years. Using a special rider that makes a policy liquid gives the insured access to the growing cash value as loans that never have to be paid back. This turns Infinite banking on its head”. Explains, Harris.

    Because this is a loan from the insurance company, there are tax advantages and no matter how big the loan gets, it is collateralized by the policyowner’s cash value, which was originally the debt balance, the loan is paid by the collateral when the insured dies.

    Financial Literacy Group is changing the narrative on financial wellness, our solutions equalize the financial playing field between middle class Americans and financial institutions. We teach adults who live on Main Street how to manage their finances like people who work on Wall Street, one individual, one family or one small business owner at a time. Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage Video
  • Financial Literacy Group is Introducing Hybrid Financial Arbitrage, at the 2022 NMSDC 50th Anniversary Conference & Exchange, October 29 thru November 2, 2022. This solution allows any consumer or business owner with debt, to bank like a bank and turn their liabilities into income and wealth.

    NEW ORLEANSOct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Financial Literacy Group is Introducing Hybrid Financial Arbitrage, at the 2022 NMSDC 50th Anniversary Conference & Exchange, October 29 thru November 2, 2022. This solution allows any consumer or business owner with debt, to bank like a bank and turn their liabilities into income and wealth.

    Two IRS codes 7702 & 101a passed by Congress in the Cares Act 2020 allows every business owner in the country to establish their own personal bank. Combined with a GPS debt mapping technology that has already helped middle class Americans payoff $2.3 billion in principal debt, every individual, family or business owner can turn their debt and liabilities into capital, income and wealth.

    The algorithm based GPS technology directs the user to strategically pay off their personal or business debt in a quarter of the time, a 30 year mortgage can be paid in as little as 5-7 years, with no change to their budget. Banks, credit unions, and other organizations in the finance industry use tax-advantaged products to offset costs.

    When banks are able to purchase life insurance on executives, management, key employees or groups of employees they are able to ensure they have adequate death benefits in the event of a tragic passing of the employee or executive. These death benefits will reduce the taxes paid by the insured and provide future monthly cash flow back to the bank. BOLI (Bank Owned Life Insurance) also represents 20% to 25% of the cash reserve that banks, credit unions are regulated to hold.

    A 2021 US Bank Location study reveals the amount of assets banks have in life insurance. Here are the top 3:

    $24,068,000,000 - Bank of America
    $19,483,000,000 - Wells Fargo Bank
    $12,139,000,000 - JPMorgan Chase Bank

    No matter what type of BOLI program is used, the biggest benefit is that income earned on the cash value of the policies is generally not considered an employee's taxable income -- unlike benefits you would typically see in a 401(k) or profit-sharing plan.

    "Through this study of BOLI we've learned how it has already helped to fund scholarships, construct community building and more. Now we can clearly see that life insurance to supplement income is a solution that could be used by middle class people to turn their debt into income and generational wealth". States Ron Harris, CEO of Financial Literacy Group.

    "Through our research, we found that a similar solution under current tax law, would work for individuals, families, business owners and nonprofits. Because of the change to the IRS code via the 2020 Cares Act, we were able to design a consumer version of BOLI". Says, Harris.

    Now the cash value in an IUL could include the policyowner's debt balance and that would provide a tax-free death benefit, living benefits, and potential no risk, tax free earnings for like

    This means an individual, family or business owner could put the money needed to pay their debts into the policy and borrow that money and still pay their debts.

    "Using accelerated debt payoff and by over-funding an IUL with the insured's debt balance, the insured can fund their own bank in less than 10 years. Using a special rider that makes a policy liquid gives the insured access to the growing cash value as loans that never have to be paid back. This turns Infinite banking on its head". Explains, Harris.

    Because this is a loan from the insurance company, it is tax free and no matter how big the loan gets, it is collateralized by the policyowner's cash value, which was originally the debt balance, the loan is paid by the collateral when the insured dies.

    Financial Literacy Group is changing the narrative on financial wellness, our solutions equalize the financial playing field between middle class Americans and financial institutions. We teach adults who live on Main Street how to manage their finances like people who work on Wall Street, one individual, one family or one small business owner at a time.


 Products

  • Hybrid Financial Arbitrage
    Two IRS codes 7702 & 101a passed by congress in the Cares Act 2020 allows, every person in the country to establish their own personal bank.

    Every individual, family or business owner can to turn their debt and liabilities into capital, income and wealth....

  • Hybrid Financial Arbitrage - Two IRS codes 7702 & 101a passed by congress in the Cares Act 2020 allows, every person in the country to establish their own personal bank. Combined with a GPS debt mapping technology that has already helped middle class Americans payoff $2.3 billion in principal debt, every individual, family or business owner can to turn their debt and liabilities into capital, income and wealth. 

    The rising cost of employee benefits is an issue facing businesses of all sizes and BOLI is a viable solution for banks, credit unions and other community financial institutions.

    And they need to do it without adding expenses on a monthly basis that take away from bottom line profits and mask bank performance in their financial statements.

    A 2021 study reveals the amount of assets banks have in life insurance, here are the top 3:

    1. $24,068,000,000 Bank of America
    2. $19,483,000,000 Wells Fargo Bank
    3. $12,139,000,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank

    It’s not surprising that banks are looking towards BOLI as a means to help offset the cost of employee benefits while providing a tax-free death benefit in addition to the potential earnings on the cash surrender value.

  • Financial Wellness the Ultimate Employee Benefit
    Financial literacy is a good start, but a holistic solution is needed to help people optimize their personal finances, become secure, prosper & create generational wealth or to grow equity and move their families forward financially....

  • Financial literacy is the first suggestion we hear when speaking about helping working class people. Financial literacy is a good start, but a holistic solution is needed to help people optimize their personal finances, become secure, prosper & create generational wealth or to grow equity and move their families forward financially.

    Business leaders are increasingly recognizing employees not just as revenue generators, but as whole people with significant needs off the job as well as on it. There is a direct connection between care benefits and increasing productivity, retaining top talent and supporting the needs of a diverse workforce. 

    What are your employees doing to take control of their money? This is your opportunity to help your employee's learn about managing their paycheck, saving money for the future, getting out of debt, and investing wisely.

    A Financial wellness program optimizing the personal financial position of an organization's employees, optimizes employee attraction, retention, stress, health, absenteeism, presenteeism, culture, morale, safety, life and productivity.

  • Smart Care
    Smart Care An AI Driven Solution That Cuts Healthcare By 10%-15% For Both Insurance Based And Self Funded Healthcare Plans

    Healthcare Cost Is Crippling Businesses; Driving Self-Funded Plans To Cost-Shift To Survive....

  • Smart Care An AI Driven Solution That Cuts Healthcare By 10%-15% For Both Insurance Based And Self Funded Healthcare Plans

    Healthcare Cost Is Crippling Businesses; Driving Self-Funded Plans To Cost-Shift To Survive. The Problem Is The Incestuous Relationship Between Insurance Companies, Third-Party Administrators, And Healthcare Providers.

    It Is A Serious Conflict Of Interest And The Reason Why Care Cost Has Reached Obscene Levels. Employers And The Working Men And Women Of The USA Are Paying The Price For The This Long Established Arrangement. Smart Care Is The Answer.

    *Reduced Healthcare Costs
    *Increased Engagement
    *Increased Participation
    *Increased Productivity
    *Healthier Employees
    *Incentivized Employees
    *Reduced Presenteeism
    *Reduced Absenteeism

    Smart Care Delivers Disproportionate Results By Addressing Four Areas Of Your Self-Funded Plan That Drive The Majority Of Controllable Healthcare Cost Expenses. Using State-Of-The-Art Proprietary AI Technology Smart Care Presents Our Clients With The Ultimate In Mass Scalability While Concurrently Delivering Individualized Personalized Communication Exactly The Way Their Employees, Members, Each Care Consumer Desire.

    AI-Driven Communication Delivers Exceptionally High Levels Of Participation And Integration. Artificial Intelligence Intelligently Applied Delivers Guaranteed Savings On Care Cost With Improved Outcomes, With A Healthier Insured Population. It Starts With Your Request To Speak With A Smart Care Advisor.

    Use Location To Reduce Cost
    Reduce Outpatient Facility Care Cost Within Your Existing Provider Network: 

    Using An Extensive Database To Sort Out Providers By A Variety Of Criteria That Also Exclude High Cost Vertically Integrated Providers You Outpatient Care Cost Can Be Reduced 30% Or More.

    Using 360 Smarter Search Allows Your Employees Or Members To Make Better Informed Smarter Healthcare Choices.

    Using In-Network Providers Is Your Quality-Of-Care Assurance.

    For Larger Groups, 360 Can Implement CSI Ratings Specific To Your Insureds As Our Relationship And Specific-To-You-Database Matures.


    Smart Care AI Driven Chronic Care 24/7/365

    Incrementally Increase Adherence To Physician Care Plans Reducing Your Care Cost Expense.

    Mass Scalable Personalized Digital Therapeutics Are The Key To Reducing Care Costs While Improving The Health Of Your Insured Population, Including Your Insureds With Multiple Chronic Conditions.

    We Can Put A Price On These Services Because There Are Quantifiable Savings. How Much More Important Are The Events We Prevent?

    Examples Are A 30% Reduction In Use Of Opioids For Chronic Pain, A 20% Reductions In Readmission After Cardiac Procedures, Or A 19% Increase In Adherence To Physicians Care Plans By Diabetics.

    Good Health Isn’t Expensive. Good Health Is Priceless.


    (RPM) Remote Patient Monitoring
    Our AI-Personal Health Coaches Monitor Those That Will Benefit From Human Intervention As Required By Clinical Measures.

    Our AI-Digital Physician’s Assistants Are Smart Enough To Know When To Reach Out To An Insured’s Physician’s Office With The Appropriate Clinical Metrics.

    Your Insured Is Invited To Visit Their Physicians’ Office, Instead Of The ER Or Hospital.

    R.P.M. Makes Phone Apps And Hand Written Charts Obsolete.

    If You Are Not Offering The Benefits Of R.P.M. To The Insureds In Your Self-Funded Plan, You Should Be.

    Smart Care Digital Consumerism®
    The Health Of Your Insured Population Is Directly Related To Their Overall Well Being. Digital Consumerism® , Medical Consumerism Are Vital To Improving Population Health. Smart Care Will Partner With You To Create Videos That Educate And Inform.

    *When To Choose Urgent Care Or ER
    *How To Find An In-Network Provider
    *The Benefits Of Using Tele-Doc Service
    *Better Manage Your Health With Your Personal Concierge
    *You Spend A Fortune On Employee Healthcare And Supporting Benefits.

    Our Informational And Educational Approach Will Increase Utilization Of Your Existing Programs And Serve To Reinforce The Behaviors Necessary To Implement And Execute The Smart Care Solution.

    What Gets Measured - Gets Improved
    When You Review Your Self-Funded Plan Do You Go To Your K.P.I. Dashboard?

    As A Smart Care Client You Have Access To Your Metrics 24/7/365 With Your Dashboard. A Review With 360 Provides You With Granular Actionable Data. Our Reporting Format Is As Important And The Data Because The Way It Is Parsed, The Way It Is Presented Leads To Improvement In Cost Containment And Insured Population Health.

    We Meet With Your Key Stakeholders Every 30 Days To Review The Critical Metrics That Impact Your Annual Healthcare Cost Spend.

    No Amount Of Cost Shifting, No Draconian Reductions In Benefits Can Be Effective Because They Do Not Address Population Health. Incremental Improvement In The 10% Of Your Insureds That Account For 80% Of Your Care Cost Expense In Where We Will Create Improvement.