PULSE

Help your employees with their budget without breaking yours

Pulse combines live education with personalised insights so your employees don't just learn—they discover exactly where their money goes and get a clear path forward.

Why this matters

#1

Financial stress is the leading cause of stress for New Zealanders—cited two times as often as the next most common factor

Source: Employment Hero

1 in 3

1 in 3 Kiwis live paycheck to paycheck

Source: ANZ, BNZ

20 days

Employees lose 20 days of productivity every year to the effects of financial stress

Source: Mercer New Zealand

2-3x

For every $1 spent on financial wellness, employers enjoy a 2-3x return through higher productivity and reduced turnover

Source: PwC Employee Financial Wellness Survey

In the same way that GPS only works if you have a starting point, your employees need to know where they stand with their finances today, whether they plan to grow their family, take a much-anticipated holiday, enjoy their retirement, or something else entirely.

What’s included

The Crayon promise: No product sales. No judgment. Just practical, independent support.

    • Live: An interactive seminar that gets employees excited for their personal financial discovery journey

    • Relevant: You choose one topic that is most relevant to your people, such as "Your money at every age and stage" or "Budgeting that actually works"

    • Flexibility: Option to add multiple seminar times for shift workers and different locations, or a recording

    • Real data: Employees have the option to see their actual spending patterns on Crayon’s app, powered by a secure bank connection from leading fintech provider Akahu

    • Guided analysis: Crayon’s custom app gently prompts employees to evaluate their situation

    • Completely confidential: Employers never see employees’ personal financial information

    • Insights: Second live session based on anonymised trends from your workforce

    • Learning: Practical strategies that address real spending patterns from your employee data

    • Action: Employees decide what changes they'll make based on their personal discoveries

Ready to help your employees take control of their finances?

Pulse provides a tangible way to support your team's financial wellness in today's high cost-of-living environment without breaking your benefits budget.