financial education

International Credit Union Day Spotlights Member-First Innovation

International Credit Union Day Spotlights Member-First Innovation
International Credit Union Day Spotlights Member-First Innovation
October 19, 2023  |  Credit Unions

In 1948, International Credit Union Day was created to celebrate credit unions around the world.  Since then, the third Thursday of every October has been dedicated to...

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Stockpile and Green Dot Partner on Debit Cards for Minors
Stockpile and Green Dot Partner on Debit Cards for Minors
October 03, 2023  |  Personal Finance

FinTech Green Dot and investing platform Stockpile have partnered to make investing and personal finance more accessible to consumers of all ages.  The collaboration will introduce...

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Intuit Launches Financial Educational Program for High School Students
Intuit Launches Financial Educational Program for High School Students
September 22, 2023  |  Personal Finance

Intuit has launched an educational program aimed at teaching high school students skills needed to run a business. The program involves providing fully operational food trucks...

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Financial Education Can Help Subprime Consumers Triple Borrowing Capacity
Financial Education Can Help Subprime Consumers Triple Borrowing Capacity
August 31, 2023  |  Personal Finance

In a credit-based economy like the United States, credit scores have a big impact on consumers’ ability to access loans and afford everyday essentials. But...

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Bank Financial Advice Could Win Gen Z, Millennial Loyalty
Bank Financial Advice Could Win Gen Z, Millennial Loyalty
April 18, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Young consumers’ financial avoidance may represent a loyalty opportunity for banks to create novel account analytics. A Wall Street Journal article earlier this week (April 17) said...

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Consumer Education Reaps Loyalty Benefits for Financial Institutions
Consumer Education Reaps Loyalty Benefits for Financial Institutions
January 09, 2023  |  Financial Inclusion

Financial institutions have an opportunity to provide customers with the financial literacy tools they want. January is Financial Wellness Month, and as inflation continues to...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Credit Unions Are Ideally Poised to Help Distressed Consumers
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Credit Unions Are Ideally Poised to Help Distressed Consumers
December 23, 2022  |  Credit Unions

By all accounts, American consumers are feeling the economic strain. More than half of Americans earning less than $50,000 annually are now living paycheck to...

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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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