Item 1. Business
Item 1. Business.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
This report combines the Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for OneMain Holdings, Inc. (“OMH”), a publicly held financial service holding company, and its wholly owned direct subsidiary, OneMain Finance Corporation (“OMFC”). OMFC is the issuing entity of our outstanding public debt securities and all of OMFC’s common stock is owned by OMH. The information in this combined report is equally applicable to OMH and OMFC, except where otherwise indicated. OMH and OMFC are referred to in this report, collectively with their subsidiaries, whether directly or indirectly owned, as “the Company,” “OneMain,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”
As one of the nation’s leaders in offering nonprime customers responsible access to credit, we:
• provide responsible personal loan products;
• offer credit card products;
• offer optional credit insurance and other products;
• offer a customer-focused financial wellness program;
• service loans owned by us and third parties;
• pursue strategic acquisitions and dispositions of assets and businesses, including loan portfolios or other financial assets; and
• may establish joint ventures or enter into other strategic alliances.
We provide origination, underwriting, and servicing of personal loans, primarily to nonprime customers. In addition, we offer two credit cards, BrightWay and BrightWay+, through a third-party bank partner from which we purchase the receivable balances. We believe we are well positioned for future growth, with an experienced management team, proven access to the capital markets, and strong demand for consumer credit. At December 31, 2021, we had $19.2 billion of finance receivables due from approximately 2.40 million customer accounts. We also service personal loans for our whole loan sale partners, which we commenced during the first quarter of 2021. At December 31, 2021, we managed a combined total of 2.45 million customer accounts and $19.6 billion of managed receivables.
Our branch network of approximately 1,400 locations in 44 states is staffed with expert personnel and is complemented by our online personal loan origination capabilities and centralized operations staff, which allow us to reach customers in person, digitally, and over the phone. Our digital platform provides our current and prospective customers with the option of applying for our products via our website, www.omf.com .
INDUSTRY AND MARKET OVERVIEW
We operate in the consumer finance industry serving consumers who have limited access to credit from banks, credit card companies, and other traditional lenders. Using third party market data as of December 2021 and internally aligning to our current product offerings and customer credit scores, we estimate U.S. nonprime consumers collectively have approximately $1.1 trillion of outstanding borrowings in the form of personal loans, auto loans and leases, and credit cards. We believe this large market provides us with an attractive growth opportunity.
We are one of the few national participants in the consumer installment lending industry. Our national branch network and digital platform, combined with our centralized operational capabilities, provide an opportunity to serve this market efficiently and responsibly. In addition, credit card offerings continue to deepen our existing customer relationships, attract new customers, and furthers our vision to become the lender of choice for nonprime customers. We believe we are well-positioned to capitalize on the significant growth and expansion opportunity within our industry. See also “Competition” included in this report.
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SEGMENT
Consumer and Insurance
At December 31, 2021, Consumer and Insurance (“C&I”) was our only reportable segment. We originate and service secured and unsecured personal loans, offer credit cards, and provide optional credit and non-credit insurance and related products through our branch and centralized operations as well as our digital platform. Personal loan origination and servicing, credit cards, and insurance products form the core of our operations. Our branch network included approximately 1,400 locations in 44 states as of December 31, 2021. In addition, our centralized support operations provide underwriting and servicing support to branch operations.
Our insurance business is conducted through our wholly owned insurance subsidiaries, American Health and Life Insurance Company (“AHL”) and Triton Insurance Company (“Triton”). AHL is a life and health insurance company licensed in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada to write credit life, credit disability, and non-credit insurance products. Triton is a property and casualty insurance company licensed in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada to write credit involuntary unemployment, credit disability, and collateral protection insurance. See Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for further information on our insurance business.
Products and Services. Our personal loan business comprises products and services that have performed well through various market conditions. Our personal loans are non-revolving, with a fixed-rate, fixed terms generally between three to six years, and are secured by automobiles, other titled collateral, or are unsecured. Our secured personal loans include direct auto loans, which are typically larger in size and based on the collateral of newer autos with higher values. Our loans have no pre-payment penalties. Credit cards are open-ended, revolving, with a fixed rate, and are unsecured.
We offer the following optional credit insurance products to our customers:
• Credit life insurance — Insures the life of the borrower in an amount typically equal to the unpaid balance of the finance receivable and provides for payment to the lender of the finance receivable in the event of the borrower’s death.
• Credit disability insurance — Provides scheduled monthly loan payments to the lender during borrower’s disability due to illness or injury.
• Credit involuntary unemployment insurance — Provides scheduled monthly loan payments to the lender during borrower’s involuntary unemployment.
We offer optional non-credit insurance policies, which are primarily traditional level-term life policies with very limited underwriting.
We offer optional membership plans from an unaffiliated company. We have no direct risk of loss on these membership plans, and these plans are not considered insurance products. We recognize income from this product in other revenues — other. The unaffiliated company providing these membership plans is responsible for any required reimbursement to the customer.
We also offer Guaranteed Asset Protection (“GAP”) coverage as a waiver product or insurance. GAP provides coverage in an event of a total loss to the auto, covering all or part of the difference between what the customer owes on their auto loan and the payment amount made by the customer’s primary auto insurance.
Should a customer fail to maintain required insurance on property pledged as collateral for the finance receivable, we obtain collateral protection insurance, at the customer’s expense, that protects the value of that collateral.
Customer Development. We staff each of our branch locations with local well-trained personnel, including professionals who have significant experience in the industry. Our business benefits from an origination, underwriting, and servicing process that leverages our local community presence. Our customers often develop a relationship with their local office representatives, which we believe not only improves the credit performance of our personal loans but also leads to additional lending opportunities.
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We solicit customers through a variety of direct mail offers, targeted online advertising, search engines, e-mail, and internet loan aggregators. We use proprietary modeling, along with data purchased from credit bureaus, alternative data providers, and our existing data/experience to acquire and develop new and profitable customer relationships.
Our digital platform allows current and prospective customers the ability to apply for and close a personal loan online, at www.omf.com . Our digital user experience includes video, chat, and co-browsing with customers. These tools simplify and optimize the customer experience.
During 2021, we continued to increase the number of borrowers who closed remotely through our digital platform without coming into a branch location. All of our applications, regardless of whether they are completed in person, over the phone, or online, go through our best-in-class underwriting processes, including an ability-to-pay assessment, monthly budgeting, income verification, and centralized automated credit decisioning. Our goal is to continue to improve the way we serve our customers and extend responsible credit, so customers are able to repay their loans.
Credit Risk. Credit quality is driven by our long-standing underwriting philosophy, which considers a prospective customer’s budget, to determine not only his or her willingness to pay but also the capacity to repay the personal loan. We use credit risk scoring models at the time of the credit application to assess the applicant’s expected willingness and capacity to repay. We develop these models using numerous factors, including past customer credit repayment experience and application data, and periodically revalidate these models based on recent portfolio performance. Our underwriting process for our personal loans includes the development of a budget (net of taxes and monthly expenses) for the applicant. We obtain a security interest in titled property for our secured personal loans.
Our customers are primarily considered nonprime and therefore are a higher credit risk, and often require significantly higher levels of servicing than prime customers. As a result, we generally charge these customers higher interest rates.
Account Servicing. Account servicing and collections for our finance receivables are handled at the branch location, in our centralized service centers, or through third-party servicers. Servicing and collection activity is conducted and documented on systems that log and maintain a permanent record of all transactions and may also be used to assess a customer’s application. The systems permit branch office management to review the individual and collective performance of branch locations for which they are responsible.
CENTRALIZED OPERATIONS
We continually seek to identify functions that could be more effective if centralized to achieve reduced costs or free our lending specialists to service our customers and market our products. Our centralized operational functions support the following:
• soliciting business through mail and telephone;
• processing payments;
• originating personal loans;
• issuing and servicing optional insurance products;
• servicing of certain delinquent personal loans;
• managing bankruptcy process for loans in Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 proceedings;
• managing litigation requests against delinquent borrowers;
• tracking collateral protection insurance;
• repossessing and re-marketing of titled collateral;
• supervising sales and retention of customers; and
• managing charge-off recovery operations.
We currently have servicing facilities in Mendota Heights, Minnesota; Tempe, Arizona; London, Kentucky; Evansville, Indiana; Fort Mill, South Carolina; and Fort Worth, Texas. We believe these facilities position us for additional portfolio purchases or fee-based servicing, as well as additional flexibility in the servicing of our lending products.
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OPERATIONAL CONTROLS
We continuously strive to strengthen our system of internal controls to ensure compliance with laws, rules, and regulations, and to improve the oversight of our operations. We evaluate internal systems, processes, and controls to mitigate operational risk and control and monitor our businesses through a variety of methods including the following:
• our operational policies and procedures that standardize various aspects of lending and collections;
• our branch finance receivable systems control amounts, rates, terms, and fees of our customers’ accounts; create loan documents specific to the state in which the branch location operates or to the customer’s location if the loan is made electronically through our centralized operations; and control cash receipts and disbursements;
• our accounting personnel reconcile bank accounts, investigate discrepancies, and resolve differences;
• our credit risk management system reports allow us to track individual branch location performance and to monitor lending and collection activities;
• our privacy and information security incident response plan establishes a privacy and information security response team that responds to information security incidents by identifying, evaluating, responding to, investigating, and resolving information security incidents impacting our information systems;
• our executive information system is available to headquarters and field operations management to review the status of activity through the close of business of the prior day;
• our branch operations management structure, Regional Quality Coordinators, and Compliance Field Examination team are designed to oversee a large, decentralized organization with succeeding levels of supervision staffed with experienced personnel;
• our branch and central operations compensation plans are based on credit quality and compliance and are regularly reviewed for consistency with overall corporate goals and customer service;
• our compliance department assesses our compliance with federal and state laws and regulations and our internal policies and procedures, oversees training to ensure team members have a sufficient level of understanding of such laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that impact their job responsibilities; and manages our state regulatory examination process;
• our Executive Office of Customer Care maintains our consumer complaint resolution and reporting process; and
• our internal audit department audits our business for adherence to operational policy and procedure and compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION, AND CYBERSECURITY
Regulatory and legislative activity in the areas of privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity continues to increase worldwide. We have established policies and practices that provide a framework for compliance with applicable privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity laws and work to meet evolving customer privacy expectations. Our regulators are increasingly focused on ensuring that these policies and practices are adequate, including providing consumers with choices, if required, about how we use and share their information and ensuring that we appropriately safeguard their personal information and account access.
Our consumer businesses are subject to the privacy, disclosure, and safeguarding provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA") and Regulation P, which implements the statute. Among other things, the GLBA imposes certain limitations on our ability to share consumers’ nonpublic personal information with nonaffiliated third parties and, pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission’s Safeguards Rule, requires us to develop, implement, and maintain a written comprehensive cybersecurity program containing safeguards that are appropriate to the size and complexity of our business, the nature and scope of our activities, and the sensitivity of customer information that we process. In December 2021, the Federal Trade Commission published amendments to its Safeguards Rule that prescribe more specific administrative and technical requirements for a financial institution’s information security program. Various states also have adopted laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to privacy and/or cybersecurity that may be as, or more stringent and expansive than federal requirements. These state laws include the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and the New York Cybersecurity Regulation. Certain of these requirements may apply to the personal information of our employees and contractors as well as to our customers. Various U.S. federal regulators and U.S. states and territories have also enacted data security breach notification requirements that are applicable to us.
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REGULATION
Federal Laws
Various federal laws and regulations govern loan origination, servicing and collections, including:
• the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") (which, among other things, created the CFPB);
• the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (which, among other things, prohibits discrimination against creditworthy applicants) and Regulation B, which implements this statute;
• the Fair Credit Reporting Act (which, among other things, governs the use of credit bureau reports and reporting information to credit bureaus) and Regulation V, which implements this statute;
• the Truth in Lending Act (which, among other things, governs disclosure of applicable charges and other terms of consumer credit) and Regulation Z, which implements this statute;
• the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (which, among other things, governs practices in collecting certain debts) and Regulation F, which implements this statute;
• the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (which, among other things, governs the handling of personal financial information) and Regulation P, which implements this statute;
• the Military Lending Act (which, among other things, governs certain consumer lending to active-duty military servicemembers and their spouses and covered dependents, and limits the interest rate and certain fees, charges and premium they may be charged on certain loans);
• the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (which, among other things, can impose limitations on the interest rate and the servicer’s ability to collect on a loan originated with an obligor who is on active-duty status and up to nine months thereafter);
• the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (which regulates the making and servicing of closed end residential mortgage loans) and Regulation X, which implements this statute;
• the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Claims and Defenses Rule, also known as the “Holder in Due Course” Rule (which, among other things, allows a consumer to assert, against the assignees of certain credit contracts, certain claims that the consumer may have against the originator of the credit contracts); and
• the Federal Trade Commission Act (which, among other things, prohibits unfair and deceptive acts and practices).
The Dodd-Frank Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder have affected and are likely in the future to affect our operations in terms of increased oversight of financial services products by the CFPB and the imposition of restrictions on the terms of certain loans. Among regulations the CFPB has promulgated are mortgage servicing regulations that are applicable to the remaining real estate loan portfolio serviced by or for OneMain. The CFPB has significant authority to implement and enforce federal consumer finance laws, including the protections established in the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as the authority to identify and prohibit unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices. In addition, under the Dodd-Frank Act, securitizations of loan portfolios are subject to certain restrictions and additional requirements, including requirements that the originator retain a portion of the credit risk of the securities sold and the reporting of buyback requests from investors. We also utilize third-party debt collectors and will continue to be responsible for oversight of their procedures and controls, as they pertain to our collection activities.
The CFPB has enforcement authority with respect to various federal consumer protection laws for some providers of consumer financial products and services, such as any nonbank that it has reasonable cause to determine has engaged or is engaging in conduct that poses risks to consumers with regard to consumer financial products or services. In addition to the authority to bring nonbanks under the CFPB’s supervisory authority based on risk determinations, the CFPB also has authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to supervise nonbanks, regardless of size, in certain specific markets, such as mortgage companies (including mortgage originators, brokers, and servicers) and payday lenders. Currently, the CFPB has supervisory authority over the Company with respect to mortgage servicing and mortgage origination, which allows the CFPB to conduct an examination of our mortgage servicing practices and our prior mortgage origination practices.
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The Dodd-Frank Act also gives the CFPB supervisory authority over entities that are designated as “larger participants” in certain financial services markets, including the auto financing market and the consumer installment lending market. On June 30, 2015, the CFPB published its final rule for designating “larger participants” in the auto financing market. With the adoption of this regulation, we are considered a larger participant in the auto financing market and are subject to supervision and examination by the CFPB of our auto loan business, consisting of loans for the purchase of autos, and refinances of such loans. In addition, in its Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda, the CFPB stated that it had decided to classify as “inactive” certain rulemakings previously identified in the expectation that the final decisions on proceeding will be made by the next permanent director. A larger-participant rule for consumer installment loans was one of the rulemaking initiatives designated as inactive. It is not known if or when the CFPB may consider reactivating the rulemaking process for the larger-participant rule for consumer installment loans.
The investigation and enforcement provisions of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act may adversely affect our business if the CFPB or one or more state attorneys general or state regulators believe that we have violated any federal consumer financial protection laws, including the prohibition in Title X against unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices. The CFPB is authorized to conduct investigations to determine whether any person is engaging in, or has engaged in, conduct that violates federal consumer financial protection laws, and to initiate enforcement actions for such violations, regardless of its direct supervisory authority. Investigations may be conducted jointly with other regulators. The CFPB has the authority to impose monetary penalties for violations of federal consumer financial laws, require remediation of practices, and pursue administrative proceedings or litigation for violations of federal consumer financial laws (including the CFPB’s own rules). In these proceedings, the CFPB can obtain cease and desist orders (which can include orders for restitution or rescission of contracts, as well as other kinds of affirmative relief) and monetary penalties for violations of law, as well as reckless or knowing violations of federal consumer financial laws (including the CFPB’s own rules). Also, the Dodd-Frank Act empowers state attorneys general and state regulators to bring civil actions against state-chartered companies, among others, for enforcement of the provisions of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, including CFPB regulations issued under Title X, and to secure remedies provided under Title X or other law.
The Dodd-Frank Act also requires that a securitizer generally retain not less than 5% of the credit risk for certain types of securitized assets that are created, transferred, sold, or conveyed through issuance of asset-backed securities with an exception for securitizations that are wholly composed of “qualified residential mortgages.” The risk retention requirement has reduced the amount of financing typically obtained from our securitization transactions and has imposed compliance costs on our securitizations and costs with respect to certain of our financing transactions. With respect to each financing transaction that is subject to the risk retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, we either retain at least 5% of the balance of each such class of debt obligations and at least 5% of the residual interest in each related VIE or retain at least 5% of the fair value of all ABS interests (as defined in the risk retention requirements), which is satisfied by retention of the residual interest in each related VIE, which, in each case, collectively, represents at least 5% of the economic interest in the credit risk of the securitized assets in satisfaction of the risk retention requirements.
State Laws
Various state laws and regulations also govern personal loans and real estate secured loans. Many states have laws and regulations that are similar to the federal laws referred to above, but the degree and nature of such laws and regulations vary from state to state. While federal laws preempt similar state laws in some instances, many times compliance with state laws and regulations is still required.
In general, these additional state laws and regulations, under which we conduct a substantial amount of our lending business:
• provide for state licensing and periodic examination of lenders and loan originators, including state laws adopted or amended to comply with licensing requirements of the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (which, in some states, requires licensing of individuals who perform real estate loan modifications);
• require the filing of reports with regulators and compliance with state regulatory capital requirements;
• impose maximum term, amount, interest rate, and limit other charges;
• impose consumer privacy rights and other obligations that may require us to notify customers, employees, state attorneys general, regulators, and others in the event of a security breach;
• regulate whether and under what circumstances we may offer insurance and other optional products in connection with a lending transaction; and
• provide for additional consumer protections.
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There is a clear trend of increased state regulation on loan origination, servicing and collection, as well as more detailed reporting, more detailed examinations, and coordination of examinations among the states.
State authorities also regulate and supervise our insurance business. The extent of such regulation varies by product and by state, but relates primarily to the following:
• licensing;
• conduct of business, including marketing and sales practices;
• periodic financial and market conduct examination of the affairs of insurers;
• form and content of required financial reports;
• standards of solvency;
• limitations on the payment of dividends and other affiliate transactions;
• types of products offered;
• approval of policy forms and premium rates;
• formulas used to calculate any unearned premium refund due to an insured customer;
• permissible investments;
• deposits of securities for the benefit of policyholders;
• reserve requirements for unearned premiums, losses, and other purposes; and
• claims processing.
Canadian Laws
The Canadian federal and provincial insurance regulators regulate and supervise the insurance made available to borrowers through a third-party Canadian lender. Its regulation and supervision relate primarily to the following:
• licensing;
• conduct of business, including marketing and sales practices;
• periodic financial and market conduct examination of the affairs of insurers;
• form and content of required financial reports;
• standards of solvency;
• limitations on the payment of dividends and other affiliate transactions;
• types of products offered; and
• reserve requirements for unearned premiums, losses, and other purposes.
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COMPETITION
We operate primarily in the consumer lending industry. We focus on serving the nonprime customer through our national branch network, online, and over the phone.
We have a number of local, regional, national, and digital competitors in the consumer installment lending industry that seek to serve the same consumers that we serve. These competitors are various types of financial institutions that operate within our geographic network and over the internet, including community banks and credit unions, that offer similar products and services. We believe that competition between consumer installment lenders occurs primarily on the basis of customer experience, price, speed of service, flexibility of loan terms offered, and operational capability.
Our credit cards compete with many local, regional, and national issuers in the highly competitive credit card industry that seek to serve the same consumers that we serve. We believe that competition between credit card issuers occurs primarily on the basis of customer experience, price, credit limit, rewards programs, and service quality.
We believe that we possess several competitive strengths that allow us to compete effectively with other lenders in our industry. We utilize an omnichannel operating model, including a digital lending footprint and a branch network of approximately 1,400 locations rooted in local communities. Almost 90% of Americans live within 25 miles of one of our branch locations. Our national branch network serves as a proven distribution channel. We also have proven analytics that allow us to have strong loss performance through many cycles. We believe our deep understanding of local markets and customers, together with our proprietary underwriting process, sophisticated data analytics, and decisioning tools allow us to price, manage, and monitor risk effectively through changing economic conditions.
SEASONALITY
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Seasonality” included in this report for discussion of our seasonal trends.
HUMAN CAPITAL
Overview
OneMain is dedicated to providing lending solutions to help hardworking Americans improve their financial well-being by offering products that are designed to be the starting point to their financial stability and growth. As of December 31, 2021, we had over 8,800 employees. Our commitment to help our community starts with our own team members. We believe in putting people first with our focus on recruiting, developing, and supporting our team members that reflect and celebrate the communities in which we operate. In addition, we believe a diverse talent pool and inclusive work environment makes us stronger, helps us fulfill our Company’s mission, and meaningfully connects us with the customers and communities we serve. Finally, we believe that integrity, transparency, and respect are at the heart of our success, and that these ethical values must inform every interaction we have with customers and with each other.
Diversity and Inclusion
At OneMain, diversity and inclusion lead the way for recruitment and retention. We strive to recruit, train, and retain outstanding, diverse team members that believe in our mission, live our values, and go the extra mile for our customers. Our inclusive culture allows team members at all levels of the organization to further their careers and achieve both their personal and professional goals. Our Diversity Council is sponsored by our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Human Resources Officer. Council members represent a cross section of leadership in various roles and geographies who provide thought leadership and champion internal and external diversity initiatives in support of the organization. Our diversity strategy, which we treat as an important business priority, has three pillars: (i) hiring and retaining diverse talent, (ii) talent pipeline and progression, and (iii) creating a culture of inclusion. We partner with organizations, including Veteran Job Mission and Direct Employers Association, to help recruit a diverse workforce. All OneMain leaders and team members receive unconscious-bias training aimed at creating a positive, inclusive work environment.
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We require diverse candidates (women or minorities) to be considered for all leadership roles. This commitment to diversity begins with our OMH Board of Directors, whose membership includes 38% ethnic or racial minorities and 25% women.
All managers are accountable for attracting and retaining high-quality, diverse talent, and creating a respectful, inclusive work environment as part of their goals and our leadership attributes. In addition, each year team members have the opportunity to provide candid feedback in an Employee Engagement Survey on how engaged they are and how enabled they feel in their roles at OneMain. As of December 31, 2021, 84% of team members participated in the annual Employee Engagement Survey.
Talent Retention and Development
We believe that motivated and engaged team members are more productive, innovative, and collaborative, which in turn helps consistently deliver an excellent customer experience. OneMain equips each team member at all levels of our organization with the tools and personal and professional support to further their careers. We empower our employees to learn new skills, meet personalized development goals, and grow their careers. OneMain conducts regular employee trainings, including Continuing Professional Education and leadership development at each level. We invest in our employees and believe training and professional development is critical to maintaining our talent competitiveness and providing best-in-class service for our customers.
Compensation and Benefits
We offer a total rewards package, which includes competitive compensation, incentives, and comprehensive benefits that will attract, retain, and motivate talent within our organization. Our compensation and benefits package includes competitive pay, healthcare, retirement benefits, as well as paid time off and holidays, parental leave, disability benefits, military leave, and paid development and volunteer time off, along with other benefits and employee resources. Team members are guided through their performance management with regular goal setting and coaching. We also offer performance pay to help enhance their career development.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Our approach to corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) is a natural extension of our mission to continue to support and improve the financial well-being of our customers, communities, and team members. In early 2020 when COVID-19 resulted in widespread health and financial hurdles across the United States, OneMain committed to continue to help and support our communities more than ever. OneMain implemented operational adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect the health and financial well-being of our customers and team members. We focused on our customers by offering to support them through our borrower assistance programs. We also contributed to support financial literacy, community and economic development, pandemic relief, and racial and social justice initiatives.
In June 2021, OMFC issued its inaugural Social Bond, with the net proceeds committed to serving credit-disadvantaged communities around the country. Furthermore, at least 75% of the loans funded by the Social Bond will be allocated to women or minority borrowers as outlined in OneMain’s Social Bond Framework. The Social Bond reinforces our commitment to financial inclusion and providing underrepresented communities with access to safe, affordable credit. It also provides a concrete and measurable funding vehicle to advance the Company’s social responsibility program. Additional information regarding our Social Bond and Social Bond Framework is available on our Investor Relations website.
In December 2021, OneMain entered a $4 million service contract with EVERFI, a global social-impact technology provider, to develop and distribute free, digital financial education to 1,500 high schools nationwide over four academic school years. The curriculum is designed to drive meaningful social impact in communities and on financial wellness by teaching high school students about credit as they embark on their personal financial lives. OneMain and EVERFI will award up to $300,000 in scholarships over four years as part of the contract.
As part of our commitment to social responsibility, we are focused on sustainable growth and our carbon footprint. For additional information regarding our commitments to support our customers, communities, team members, and our corporate environment, please refer to our 2020 ESG report, which is available on our Investor Relations website.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
OMH and OMFC file annual, quarterly, current reports, and other information with the SEC. OMH also files proxy statements. The SEC’s website, www.sec.gov , contains these reports and other information that registrants (including OMH and OMFC) file electronically with the SEC.
These reports are also available free of charge through our website, www.omf.com under “Investor Relations,” as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC.
In addition, OMH's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers (the “Financial Officers’ Code of Ethics”), Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of the committees of the OMH Board of Directors are posted on our website at www.omf.com under “Investor Relations” and printed copies are available upon request . We intend to disclose any material amendments to or waivers of OMH Code of Ethics and Financial Officers’ Code of Ethics requiring disclosure under applicable SEC or NYSE rules on our website within four business days of the date of any such amendment or waiver in lieu of filing a Form 8-K pursuant to Item 5.05 thereof.
The information on, or that is accessible through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this report. The website addresses listed in this Item are provided for the information of the reader and are not intended to be active links.
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