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NBA and WNBA Legends Engage Students in Financial Literacy
In one of the latest moves by professional athletes to promote financial literacy among young people, NBA and WNBA legends taught financial education to students in Alabama as part of a larger effort to impart financial responsibility on high school juniors and...
Age-Friendly Financial Literacy Programs: AARP-NCUA Case Study
In one of the latest large scale efforts to develop and roll out age-friendly financial literacy programming, AARP announced that it is joining forces with the National Credit Union Administration to design and offer a range of programs that will help individuals and...
Mobilizing Talent to “Mobile-ize” Financial Education and Financial Inclusion
The financial education and financial inclusion communities are always buzzing when FinCapDev comes to town. New York and California were the latest areas to host FinCapDev, which is a mobile app development competition that sparks technological developments which...
Key Principles for Measuring Financial Literacy
Financial literacy professionals have focused for decades on the best ways in which to measure the effectiveness of financial education programs. The fundamentals underlying effective polling and survey strategies have been instructive. For exampe, the core...
Junior Achievement and the United Nations Deepen Financial Literacy Ties with Prudential
News of the strengthening ties among Junior Achievement, the United Nations and the Prudential Foundation is moving fast within the financial education community, given each organization’s long history of support and activism in the financial literacy space. The...
Measuring Financial Literacy: Global HR Consulting Powerhouse Aon Hewitt Says “Measurement” is Key to National Financial Literacy Strategies
The financial literacy industry is humming over news that Aon Hewitt is not only voicing its strong support for national financial literacy strategies, but also underscoring the importance of effective measurement techniques in ensuring the success of financial...
Financial Literacy & Tech: Ad Council Unveils Groundbreaking National Mobile Financial Education Campaign
For the very first time in the Ad Council’s 72-year history, it will develop and roll out in-house mobile elements as part of a comprehensive ad campaign promoting the importance and virtues of financial literacy. The campaign will include a robust texting platform to...
Yale Law School Expands Financial Literacy Initiative
The financial literacy community is buzzing over the profound growth of a financial education program at Yale Law School, which was initially launched in 2011 with one workshop per year, but now sports some eight events per year with approximately 80 students...
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H&R Block Launches Influential Consumer Financial Savings Program
by FinancialCorps | 10/14/14
With the goal of sparking greater consumer savings at tax time, H&R Block, the world’s largest consumer tax services provider, will be rolling out its innovative “Savings at Tax Time” program, which also will help inform the consumer-focused work of...