Tagged: financial literacy

UK Savers’ Most Significant Financial Achievements: Home Ownership Tops List, According to PensionBee Research

Buying a home and paying off the mortgage are the “biggest financial wins” that make people proud, while living in debt and spending beyond one’s means are the “nation’s biggest regrets,” according to research shared by online pension provider PensionBee. A survey by PensionBee has… Read More

Fintech Cross River and Operation Hope Provide Improvement for Consumers’ Financial Health

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, is pleased to share mid-year results from its partnership with Operation Hope: HOPE Inside Cross River, which “provides financial literacy education and financial planning to empower local small business owners and individuals on… Read More

Greenlight Celebrates Launch of Web-Based Financial Literacy Library

Greenlight, a Fintech company aiming to help parents raise financially savvy kids, this week announced the launch of Greenlight for Classrooms, a free, web-based personal finance library of interactive K-12 lessons and teaching materials mapped to state and national standards. As of Sept. 21, teachers… Read More

Apiture, Greenlight Unite to Provide Financial Literacy Options for Banks, Credit Unions

This week, Apiture, a provider of digital banking solutions, announced the introduction of family banking through a partnership with Greenlight, a fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. Through the Greenlight for Banks program, Greenlight’s family finance app is now… Read More

Fintech Cross River, Atlanta-based Organizations to Provide Financial Literacy Tools for Educators

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, is proud to join forces with The Empty Stocking Fund (ESF) and Caden Teaches Finances in order “to support Atlanta educators and young learners.” Miriam L. Wallach, Head of Social Responsibility at Cross… Read More

Greenlight Unveils Under-18 Credit Builder

Greenlight, a Fintech company that helps teach financial literacy, today announced a credit builder for teens to build credit before they turn 18. Parents can now add teens as authorized users to the Greenlight Family Cash Mastercard. In a release, Greenlight said 84% of teens… Read More

LatAm Fintech Kiwi Acquires $80M to Provide Underbanked Consumers with Credit Access in the US

Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, announced that it has closed a $75 million credit facility and $4.5 million pre-series A funding round. The debt financing was “provided by i80 Group an investment firm that specializes in… Read More

Experian Money-Saving Resources to Help Consumers Develop Better Savings Strategies

To help keep more money in consumers’ wallets and bring financial power to all, Experian is partnering with nationally-recognized consumer finance and budgeting professional Andrea Woroch in order “to share financial tips and create awareness about a variety of Experian resources that can help consumers… Read More

Fintech Firm Greenlight Introduces Family Banking Solution for Financial Institutions

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, announced Greenlight for Banks, a family banking solution designed for banks and credit unions. With Greenlight for Banks, financial institutions can now easily “add Greenlight’s family finance app,… Read More

Malaysia: Financial Literacy Program by Maybank to Benefit Students in ASEAN Region

As part of its efforts to enhance financial literacy among the younger generation in ASEAN, Maybank’s Cashville Kidz financial literacy program has reached out to 37,020 students and 945 educators in over 113 schools in 2022. In a year that was recovering from the pandemic,… Read More

Fintech Greenlight “Reinvents” Financial Education with Level Up, a Gamified Financial Literacy Curriculum

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, announced the launch of Greenlight Level Up™, an interactive, curriculum-based financial literacy game. Level Up goes beyond the National Standards for K-12 Personal Financial Education developed by the… Read More

Fintech Greenlight Introduces K-12 National Standards-Based Financial Literacy Library

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, announced Greenlight for Classrooms, a new web-based financial literacy library “designed for teachers, aligned with the K-12 national standards.” Starting in 2023, the product will be “available for… Read More

MoneyLion Teams Up with NFL Player to Address Financial Literacy Gap

MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML), the “go-to” destination for financial content, products and advice, announced it launched MoneyLion University (MLU) as part of a financial literacy initiative aimed at “filling a gap in money education across the United States.” MoneyLion has partnered with NFL player and… Read More

Robinhood to Take “Safety First” Approach to Crypto Education Through New Initiative

Opportunity Crypto will stop in five different communities this fall, “educating individuals about cryptocurrency, including the risks and opportunities.” The team at Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) asked if you ever wondered “what is crypto” or “is crypto right for me”? In line or consistent with their mission… Read More

Lloyds Bank Research: Teens Say Social Media Helped them Understand Value of Money

British teenagers say they go online for help “on everything from hair hacks to video game tips, with one in three (33%) preferring to seek advice on the web to avoid the ‘awkwardness’ of asking someone face to face.” The Lloyds Bank research – which… Read More

Timberland Bank Teams Up with Plinqit via Jack Henry’s Digital Banking Platform

Timberland Bank has partnered with Plinqit, which claims to be the only savings platform of its kind that pays users for learning about personal finances, “to give customers a simple, easy way to save and plan for future financial needs.” With over $1.8 billion in… Read More

Jack Henry and Array to Improve Consumers’ Financial Health

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) recently announced that Array’s credit management services, identity protection tools, and offers engine will be integrated into the Banno Digital PlatformTM, “offering consumers personalized credit and financial insights through their trusted financial institutions.” Array has leveraged the Banno… Read More

Fintech Greenlight Announces Credit Card for Parents, 3% Cash Back to Auto-Invest

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the Fintech firm on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart kids, recently announced the Greenlight Family Cash Mastercard, a credit card designed “to help parents save for their kids’ college and family’s future.” The Family Cash Card is the “first… Read More

UK’s Metro Bank Pledges Support for Improving Literacy

Metro Bank is reportedly one of the signatory companies “pledging support for the National Literacy Trust’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge.” Poor adult literacy skills mean that one in seven adults in England “have the reading skills of a nine to eleven year old.” Poor… Read More

Savings Platform Plinqit Appoints Peter Petras as Head of Sales, Partnerships

Plinqit, the “only” savings platform of its kind that pays users for learning about personal finances, has appointed Peter Petras as VP, Sales & Partnerships. Petras’ addition “follows the company’s significant growth as consumer demand accelerates.” Petras joins Plinqit with more than 20 years of… Read More

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