Creating your own financial rules to live by
Consumers have told us that they sometimes find common financial advice — like "save 10% of your income" — hard to apply to their own circumstances. Some...
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De pequeños a adolescentes: Cómo poner en marcha los hábitos de ahorro de sus hijos
Hacer que sus hijos ahorren dinero puede ser más difícil que lograr que se cepillen los dientes o coman sus vegetales. Pero es uno de muchos hábitos buenos...
Take a tour of Money as You Grow! Our new resource to help parents and caregivers give children a strong financial start
Money can be a complicated topic, and knowing what's best for your child can be difficult. To help parents and caregivers, we're launching a newly...
The teenage years are for practicing money decisions in a safe space
In this last part in the series, we’re going to explore how teenagers practice the financial skills that drive their choices in adulthood.
La adolescencia sirve para practicar las decisiones sobre el dinero en un espacio seguro
Anteriormente, en nuestra serie sobre cómo los niños forman las habilidades y hábitos para lograr un bienestar financiero en la adultez, habíamos compartido...
El calzado adecuado y el sentido común pueden ayudar a su hijo(a) pre-adolescente a ganar terreno financiero
Cuando los niños son pequeños, pueden aprender autocontrol y cómo planificar de anticipado, las cuales son habilidades necesarias para una base financiera...
The right shoes and common sense can help your preteen gain financial ground
We recently heard stories from parents that reinforce what our research shows: The preteen years are critical for developing an internal compass for what's...
When your child learns self-control, it helps their financial future, too
As a parent, you are the most powerful influence on your children's financial lives. In the first five years of life, children go through rapid neurological...
Cuando su hijo aprende el autocontrol, también ayuda a su futuro financiero
La niñez es un buen momento para aprender sobre el dinero. Sin embargo, el dinero es un concepto abstracto. Incluso antes de que los cerebros de los niños...
Newly arrived and in need of help navigating our financial system
To help, we developed the Newcomer's Guides to Managing Money, an unbiased resource for recent immigrants. Take a look and see ways to pay bills, receive...
The newcomer’s guides to managing money
According to recent studies, people with limited English proficiency may be more likely to fall prey to frauds and schemes, and it can be harder to manage...
He aquí por qué la niñez es un buen momento para aprender sobre el dinero
El verano pasado aprendimos que los adolescentes estadounidenses están en el medio del grupo cuando se trata de educación financiera, en comparación con...
Here’s why childhood is an important time to learn about money
If you have kids, it might surprise you to know that children as young as five years old can be ready to learn about saving and spending. From early...
The launch of the CFPB financial coaching initiative
Today, we're excited to launch our financial coaching initiative. We're cohosting the launch with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the event will take...
More financial empowerment tools for communities
This expansion builds on the success of last year's launch of Your Money, Your Goals. Since then, we've trained over 2,000 frontline staff in both public...
Here’s why you should open a savings account for your kids
Parents often want to open accounts for their children, to help them learn about saving for the future and managing their money. And young people often go...
Getting young people on the path to financial success
We're working with the Department of Labor to increase youth financial capability across the country at this crucial stage when young people are starting to...
Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting with Director Cordray on Thursday, March 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. EST. During this meeting we will discuss...
You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
Goals, whether long term or short term, usually cost money to accomplish. That means when you have a life goal, you probably have a financial goal...
No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially
America Saves Week is coming soon. This annual event helps thousands of us start out on a regular program of saving money toward our goals. We've all got...
More momentum for promoting tools for social services programs
In the six months since we announced the release of Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs, organizations...
4 elements define personal financial well-being
Savings and income are part of financial well-being, but we learned that they’re not always the most important part. Instead, when people talked about their own financial well-being, four main elements came to light.
5 reasons to check out our Owning a Home tools now
This week, we're launching our latest effort to help you navigate the market, ask the questions, and take the steps that will help you to find the mortgage...
The holidays give you an opportunity to show your kids how money works
The holiday season provides a particularly good opportunity to reach kids with some basic money attitudes. Your children absorb what you say and what you...
Helping more consumers use our services in other languages
We're working to reach more people with our services and information, and we could use your help. We're proposing a Language Access Plan, as part of our...