Category Archives: New Milestones in Financial Literacy
Employee Personal Financial Distress and How Employers Can Help
An American Psychological Association survey conducted in 2008, found that most Americans are stressed and anxious about their financial future. The study reports that about 8 in 10 people identify money (81%) and the economy (80%) as significant sources of stress in their lives. Other sources of stress include work (67%), family health problems (67%), [...]
Financial Education: The New Curriculum
Create a budget and stick to it. Shop around for the best price. Pay off credit-card balances each month. Roy Kobert set aside his work as a bankruptcy attorney one Friday morning to teach these and other personal-finance lessons at Boone High School. Read the full article at CSMonitor.com
Financial Literacy New Subject in High Schools
Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another. Chicago’s 113,166 public high school students may soon get a steady diet of both. Read the full article at Chicago Sun Times’ Web site.
Visa and NFL Team up to Create Financial Literacy Football
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Conference today that it is launching a new FIFA World Cup™ branded educational video game as the centerpiece of a commitment to reach 20 million people worldwide with financial literacy information by May 1, 2013. Last year at CGI, Visa pledged to reach 10 [...]
