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 “At the end of the day, a little boy thanked me for teaching him about his future. It was awesome!”- U.S. Bank Employee
More than 500 elementary school students learned basic finance, banking and business concepts when 35 U.S. Bank volunteers participated in Junior Achievement programs at Troth Elementary School in Mira Loma, California, in March. Troth has a diverse student body representing a variety of backgrounds and cultures. They needed a program to educate their students about financial basics. Working with the bank personnel, the students learned critical financial life skills – and volunteers learned the value of creating deeper connections in the communities they serve.
Steve Bartlett of The Financial Services Roundtable talks about why it’s important that financial services companies volunteer time to educate and support their consumers in this podcast.
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Using your Monthly Budget Journal is a great first step toward taking control of your money. It’s as simple as reading the first few pages and keeping a journal for the next month of what you earn and what you spend. Knowing where your money goes and how to budget it is the key to your financial freedom. For a copy of the Budget Journal, please email CCF@fsround.org
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Citigroup, Discover Financial Services, Capital One Financial, Bank of America, Visa and MasterCard have launched a Help With My Credit campaign, a resource developed to educate and assist customers who have questions about or are struggling to make their credit card payments.
Help With My Credit invites consumers to call a toll-free telephone number (1-866-941-1030) where operators will provide them with information about speaking with customer service representatives within participating credit card issuers or to accredited credit counseling agencies, depending on the individual's situation and needs
Customers can also visit a new website, www.HelpWithMyCredit.org, which provides consumers information on how to manage credit cards and better communicate with their credit card companies, and how to identify and speak with an accredited credit counselor.
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