Financial Literacy & Student Debt: Key Topics in 2016 U.S. Presidential Race

Financial Literacy & Student Debt: Key Topics in 2016 U.S. Presidential Race

The campaign trail continues to heat up for the 2016 U.S. presidential race, and among the leading themes dominating conversations and town hall sessions are the rising costs of college, student loan burdens, and overall financial capability of Americans. With student...

CFPB Issues Third Annual Financial Literacy Report to U.S. Congress

CFPB Issues Third Annual Financial Literacy Report to U.S. Congress

In its continuing effort to improve consumer financial education, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its third Financial Literacy Annual Report to the United States Congress detailing the CFPB’s various activities in which it engaged to enhance...

Michigan Legislature Approves Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement

Michigan Legislature Approves Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement

The financial education community is buzzing over legislation passed by the Michigan Senate that requires high school students to complete a course in economic and financial literacy in order to graduate. While the state’s school code already permits students to...

MassMutual Commits $100 Million to Financial Literacy; Initiative to Launch in 10 U.S. Cities

MassMutual Commits $100 Million to Financial Literacy; Initiative to Launch in 10 U.S. Cities

The global financial literacy community is buzzing over the announcement by MassMutual that it will commit $100 million to financial education, with funding to its affiliate Society of Grownups, which is a learning initiative focused on improving the financial...

Over 170,000 Students Get Financial Education in Fifth Third’s One Million Teens Initiative

Over 170,000 Students Get Financial Education in Fifth Third’s One Million Teens Initiative

The financial literacy industry was buzzing over Fifth Third Bank’s announcement that it is sponsoring 170,000 students to receive financial education during this 2015-2016 school year, underwriting the deployment of Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance...

Junior Achievement and American Honda Finance Team Up on Financial Education

Junior Achievement and American Honda Finance Team Up on Financial Education

On the heels of results of a national survey showing that teens lack essential knowledge relating to auto finance, Junior Achievement USA and American Honda Finance Corporation developed and rolled out a new website designed to assist youth in understanding important...

Chevrolet & Rainbow PUSH Coalition Launch National Financial Literacy Initiative

Chevrolet & Rainbow PUSH Coalition Launch National Financial Literacy Initiative

A high profile partnership between Chevrolet and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition was unveiled in October as part of their alliance to develop and launch a series of financial literacy workshops designed to teach African American consumers about financial and investment...

Millennials Optimistic About Their Financial Future: Wells Fargo Survey

Millennials Optimistic About Their Financial Future: Wells Fargo Survey

In an infusion of positive feedback from millennials, the 18-35 year-old critical segment of our adult population, they expressed strong optimistic feelings about their financial future in the latest research of almost 2,000 U.S. adults. Millennials also reported that...

Financial Inclusion 2020 Report: Call to Action on Financial Capability

Financial Inclusion 2020 Report: Call to Action on Financial Capability

Upon the release of the Financial Inclusion 2020 (FI2020) Progress Report by Accion and the Center for Financial Inclusion it was immediately clear how much progress has been made during the last few years in providing low-income people with access to financial...

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