financial education

Metro Credit Union on Helping Consumers Weather a Tough Economy
Metro Credit Union on Helping Consumers Weather a Tough Economy
December 22, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Robert Cashman, president and CEO at Metro Credit Union, tells PYMNTS how credit unions (CUs) can be a port in a storm for members hurting...

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Zogo: How A 21-Year-Old Duke University Grad Is Reinventing Financial Literacy
Zogo: How A 21-Year-Old Duke University Grad Is Reinventing Financial Literacy
June 29, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

When Bolun Li was in high school, a local bank came in and offered a heavily branded PowerPoint presentation about financial services and money management...

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Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
June 15, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Everyone in a modern society needs to know how to read, so America spends an awful lot of time, treasure and talent developing literacy curricula...

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CFPB Expands Financial Tool For Military Members
CFPB Expands Financial Tool For Military Members
May 23, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has expanded a financial education tool called Misadventures in Money Management (MiMM), which is aimed at educating service members...

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How To See The Customer ‘Beyond The Credit Score’
How To See The Customer ‘Beyond The Credit Score’
February 13, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” -William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet A quick glance...

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FinTech Acorns Hits $860M Valuation
FinTech Acorns Hits $860M Valuation
January 29, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

Investing and savings startup Acorns has announced a Series E funding round to bring its valuation to $860 million. The $105 million round included Comcast Ventures,...

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Businesses Want Real-Time Payments — What Will It Take To Get There?
Businesses Want Real-Time Payments — What Will It Take To Get There?
November 20, 2018  |  Faster Payments

Real-time payments: It’s one of those changes that everyone seems to agree on, but could still use some push. That’s the idea behind the recently...

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NEW DATA: Why One-Third Of Businesses Want Real-Time Payments
NEW DATA: Why One-Third Of Businesses Want Real-Time Payments
October 30, 2018  |  Faster Payments

Paper checks are still the norm when it comes to B2B payments — and companies aren’t happy about it. After all, paper checks are neither...

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Visa, NFL Video Game Passes Financial Literacy To Kids
Visa, NFL Video Game Passes Financial Literacy To Kids
October 17, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

For many students, it was a time of either dread or excitement. The civics teacher, or the home economics instructor, would teach the class how...

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