financial literacy

Billionaire buddies Jay-Z and Twitter's Jack Dorsey come together to launch a financial literacy program in Hova's hometown of Brooklyn, NY.

Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche is passionate about teaching financial literacy to the Black community. Our children are included in that. She was a part of a group that fought to pass a bill for financial classes to be taught in middle schools. Now, they’re going back to fight to teach these things in elementary schools. […]

OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest Black bank, is proud to announce its 9th Annual “I Got Bank!” Financial Literacy Contest where ten children will win a $1,000 savings account for the best essays and the best art projects that represent the “I Got Bank!” theme. In addition, OneUnited Bank President & Owner Teri Williams, author […]

April is Financial Literacy month and Rob Wilson, financial adviser, wants everyone to learn to “secure the bag.” Willson urges listeners to “get serious about” their money. What he doesn’t want you to do is, “wake up one day” and realize you “don’t have enough money to retire.” One way to avoid that is to actively […]

It’s a hope and a desire of many to buy the cars they’ve always wanted, to buy property and become home owners. It’s nice to call those things your own but above that they become tools to build your wealth. The key to all these things is to have a good credit score. John Hope Bryant […]

Financial literacy is so important. What is the current thinking about it? There is some bad news, and there is some good news. The bad news is that the emphasis on financial literacy has been significantly lacking in this country, and we can see the results in testing. On the positive side of the ledger, […]

Benoni Tagoe is using every resource at his disposal to teach Black millennials how to empower themselves through financial literacy with a new web series The Bizz Plan.…