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Five ways banks and lenders work with people who speak or understand limited English
Five ways financial institutions work with consumers who have limited English proficiency.
Sixty-one organizations join the 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort
Learn more about the 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort organizations that will receive training and technical assistance on Your Money, Your Goals financial empowerment materials.
Not sure how to talk money with your kids? Start by playing to your strengths
Your family is unique, and your money conversations with your children should be unique too. Share your own money strengths with your kids.
Want to see where you stand financially? Start with these 10 questions
How much money you spend, save, and owe is only part of the whole story about your financial situation. Your financial well-being score can get you thinking about your financial outlook in a new way.
Listening to our audience to serve up a better resource
Consumer education placemats on fraud and scam prevention and elder financial exploitation are available for free from CFPB.
Project Catalyst collaboration to improve understanding of financial well-being
The CFPB is launching a research pilot with Credit Karma to help understand consumer financial well-being.
Join the Your Money, Your Goals 2018 cohort
Want to build the financial well-being of people in your community? Apply to join other organizations from across the country in the 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort.
Ordinary trip to the grocery store with your kid? Explain as you go
Conversation starters and ideas to turn your next trip to the grocery store into a chance for your children to build their money skills.
We’re working to better serve people through financial coaching
The CFPB is working to advance the field of financial coaching and expanding access to financial coaching services to people across the country.
This month’s Money as You Grow book club pick: “Tia Isa Wants a Car”
The Money as You Grow book club is a way to start money conversations with children. Use our Parent Guides for key ideas, questions, and activities.
Try one thing this summer to grow your child’s money skills
Activities and conversation starters for parents to discuss money and financial topics with their children at any age.
Six years serving you
Learn about our work over the past six years to create new consumer financial protections and provide resources to help people make informed financial decisions.
Announcing the 30 new organizations joining the Focus on People with Disabilities 2017 cohort
These organizations that will integrate financial empowerment into their existing services for consumers with disabilities.
Building credit at the local level
Learn how you can help people in your community become credit visible in a positive way.
This month’s Money as You Grow book club pick: “Those Shoes”
The Money as You Grow book club is a way to start money conversations with children. Use our Parent Guides for key ideas, questions, and activities.
Effective financial education: Five principles and how to use them
We’re offering five broad principles that support financial well-being through effective financial education.
Helping people plan for retirement
With help, consumers can better visualize outcomes, plan their decision-making, and make the best decisions about their retirement finances.
More than just fun in the sun: Summer money matters for young workers
Here are some ways you can help young workers have a healthy financial start this summer.
This month’s Money as You Grow book club pick: “The Rag Coat”
The Money as You Grow book club is a way to start money conversations with children. Use our Parent Guides for key ideas, questions, and activities.
Take this quiz to see how prepared you are to make financial decisions
Take this quiz to understand how much you know about handling finances and learn more about our resources that can help in your own financial life.
New information will help U.S. improve financial literacy
The release of international scores shows that American youth can improve when it comes to understanding finances and applying their knowledge to making...
The Your Money, Your Goals webpage has a new look and new financial empowerment tools
We've recently updated the Your Money, Your Goals webpages. The updated pages provide new resources that make it simpler for staff and organizations to...
Our office of Servicemember Affairs guides you through the financial hurdles of your military career
Our recent report will concentrate on some of the most common financial struggles servicemembers face during their military careers; as well as detailing...
This month’s Money as You Grow book club pick: "My Rows and Piles of Coins"
In “My Rows and Piles of Coins,” a boy growing up in Tanzania saves up to buy a bicycle to help his mother.
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