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Press Room
The ABA Education Foundation supports banker-delivered financial education through the Teach Children to Save and Get Smart About Credit national programs. As a result of these programs, more than 2.5 million young people have received saving and credit education from nearly 55,000 bankers. The Foundation also directly provides consumer education through its consumer tips news releases, the ABAEF Consumer page and the getsmartaboutcredit.com Web site.
To arrange an interview or to be added to our media contact list, please contact Marquita Powell at mpowell@aba.com or (202) 663-5418.
The Teach Children to Save program is celebrated April 29, 2008. View the Foundation's updated electronic Teach Children To Save Press Kit.
Consumer News Releases
- ABA Asks, Have You Put Your Bank To Work For You? (May 8, 2008)
- ABA Submits Testimony on Banks Involvement in Financial Literacy (April 15, 2008)
- How to Weather April Showers (April 2, 2008)
- ABA Education Foundation's Tips for Saving Your Own Pot O' Gold (Feb. 27, 2008)
- Use It or Lose It: Tips to Using Gift Cards Wisely (Jan. 30, 2008)
- ABA Education Foundation Offers Financial Tips in Observance of Black History Month (Jan. 23, 2008)
- ABA Encourages Consumers to Protect Their Debit Cards from Skimming and Scamming at the ATM (Dec. 21, 2007)
- Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition (Dec. 19, 2007)
- ABA Education Foundation Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Holiday Spending (Dec. 13, 2007)
- 'Tis the Season Not To Overspend (Nov. 20, 2007)
- ABA Encourages Consumers To "PASS" On An Identity Theft Nightmare This Halloween (Oct. 22, 2007)
- Banks Play a Key Role in Financial Education, ABA Testifies (Sept. 28, 2006)
- ABA Statement on the National Strategy for Financial Literacy (April 4, 2006)
Program News Releases
- U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn And First Tennessee Bank "Get Fi$cal" With Collierville Elementary Students (May 2, 2008)
- South Shore Savings Bank and U.S. Treasury Official Talk "Savings" With Weymouth High School Students (April 29, 2008)
- Urban Trust Bank Talks "Savings" with Leckie Elementary School Students (April 29, 2008)
- Sharp Increase in Bankers Teaching Kids about Saving, ABA Reports (April 29, 2008)
- Congresswoman Thelma Drake and TowneBank "Get Fi$cal" With Malibu Elementary Students (April 25, 2008)
- U.S. Bank to Teach Children at El Mirage Elementary How to Be Savers for Life (April 25, 2008)
- U.S. Bank in Clinton to Teach Children How To Be Savers for Life (April 21, 2008)
- Sharp Rise in Number of Bankers Teaching Kids to Save (April 9, 2008)
- Congressman Rob Wittman and Bank of Lancaster "Get Fi$cal" With Northern Neck Family YMCA (March 27, 2008)
- Educators: Give Graduates the Gift of Financial Literacy (Feb. 26, 2008)
- New and Improved Booklet Series Helps Bankers Deliver Much-Needed Financial Education (Feb. 1, 2008)
- The Importance of Saving, Straight from the Banker's Mouth (Jan. 17, 2008)
- Get Smart About Credit Web Site Launched by American Bankers Association Education Foundation (Dec. 18, 2007)
- Congressman Dent and KNBT Urge Liberty High School Students to Develop Good Credit Habits (Dec. 10, 2007)
- Congresswoman Bean and National City Bank Encourage Warren Township Students to Develop Good Credit Habits (Nov. 27, 2007)
- ABA Education Foundation Urges Consumers To Avoid Top Five Credit Mistakes
(Oct. 16, 2007)
- Bankers Teach Teens Critical Credit Lessons (Aug. 1, 2007)
- Banking, Finance, Government and Legal Professionals Join Forces To Teach Local High School Students The Financial Facts of Life (April 25, 2007)
- Bankers Go Back to School on National Teach Children to Save Day (April 23, 2007)
- Banker-led Program Preaches the Perks of Saving for a Rainy Day (Jan. 18, 2007)
Programs
Teach Children to Save
On Teach Children to Save Day and throughout the year, bankers to go into classrooms, after-school groups, church groups and anywhere else children, teens and young adults gather, and teach K-12 students financial education lessons - specifically savings, budgeting and basic money management lessons.
Get Smart About Credit
Through this program, bankers visit high school and college classrooms to teach students the dos and don'ts or credit. From managing a credit card and understanding a credit report to protecting personal financial information and avoiding overspending, these lessons help students avoid financial mistakes in the future.
Electronic Press Kits
Letters and Testimony
Resources
The ABA Education Foundation and other groups committed to financial literacy developed the Get Smart About Credit Web site. The Web site features financial tips for students, young adults, Spanish speakers and all credit users. The site also has the latest financial education research and new industry programs and initiatives.
Questions? Please contact Marquita Powell for more information.
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