Tag: financial literacy
Citizens providing $2.6M in education grants for Financial Literacy Month
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is providing $2.6 million in financial education grants to strengthen programs and volunteer support for students, individuals and...
Everybody’s Business: ‘Once I was exposed, I was just infatuated’
(Editor’s note: This is the 55th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Pilot financial literacy program started for Central Falls 8th graders
CENTRAL FALLS – R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa, Navigant Credit Union and Fidelity Investments Inc. on Monday launched a pilot financial education program...
DATA DIVE: ‘I learned how to understand data and the important...
A college internship opened Peyton “Caleb” Gibson’s eyes to the varied job opportunities in banking and he’s taken full advantage.
Through Citizens Bank’s Consumer Bank...
Fidelity launches financial literacy programs to reach thousands of students
PROVIDENCE – Fidelity Investments Inc. says it has launched several financial education initiatives in an effort to reach thousands of students nationwide over the...
There’s a financial literacy gender gap
EVery day, families across the U.S. have to make difficult decisions about budgeting, spending, insurance, investments, savings, retirement and on and on. When faced...
Washington Trust to offer free online financial education for students, teachers
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. is teaming up with online content platform Banzai Inc. to offer free financial literacy programs to Rhode Island...
Citizens donates $150K to 12 R.I. nonprofits for financial education
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank recently awarded $150,000 in grants to 12 Rhode Island nonprofits to support financial literacy programs, according to a news release.
The...
R.I. Treasury, RIDE, R.I. Foundation award $50K grant for financial literacy...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the General Treasurer in partnership with the R.I. Department of Education and the Rhode Island Foundation announced a...
Tavarozzi named R.I.’s Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year
Maria Tavarozzi, a math teacher at Rogers High School in Newport, has been named Rhode Island’s 2020 Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year by...