How one startup is changing financial education for kids

Fintech Firm Seeks Financial Advisor’s Help Educating Kids About Money

A financial technology firm that began as a savings, investing and education app for parents and kids is expanding its programming for schools in a bid to turn Wall Street into “All Street.” Read the full article

Goalsetter’s Tanya Van Court: Facing adversity to launching a fintech.

Financial education for all is a lofty goal, and many have tried and failed. Although it is a necessary foundation for life and business, it doesn’t seem to take off or, worse yet, stick. This has serious consequences. Financial education for all is necessary as 75% of US workers live paycheck to paycheck. They have […]

What Is Behavioral Economics, and Could It Help Your Bank Grow?

People’s financial decision-making can be a head scratcher. Take savings, for example. It’s widely reported that more than half of Americans wouldn’t have enough emergency savings to cover an unexpected $1,000 bill. Are we all irresponsible? Are the macro-economic obstacles so insuperable? Or are there other explanations for our failure to plan ahead?  “Economics is not a […]

Chris Paul Partners With Black-Woman-Owned Fintech Company To Create Savings Accounts For 1,400 Oakland Middle-School Students – AfroTech

Chris Paul has entered into a partnership that considers the financial futures of the youth. Goalsetter, a fintech company founded by Tanya Van Court, has shared results from a study it conducted with Ivy League university students revealing a significant lack of understanding when it comes to personal finances. When surveying 1,065 undergraduate students from Harvard University, Stanford University, and the […]

Are You Financially Smarter Than A 12th Grader?

Cheers to a terrific week in progress, ForbesBLK. Jabari here. I am writing to you freshly removed from my first major surgery — a wisdom tooth removal. It’s weird having a hole in your gums. I can’t accurately describe the feeling, but it’s almost like chewing extra soggy cereal. It feels yucky. My personal health issue […]

Estudiantes de las 10 mejores universidades de EE.UU. sacan una “F” en evaluación de conocimientos financieros – El Diario NY

Goalsetter, una plataforma educativa de finanzas familiares que se enfoca en el gasto y el ahorro, publicó los hallazgos de su último estudio: “¿Eres financieramente más inteligente que un estudiante de secundaria?“, una mirada al estado de la educación financiera para estudiantes en las principales universidades de Estados Unidos. Los resultados del cuestionario encontraron una deficiencia generalizada en […]

Tanya Van Court’s Goalsetter Closes On A $9.6M Series A Extension Round To Further Its Mission Of Financial Equity And Education

Tanya Van Court’s Goalsetter has reached yet another milestone since launching in 2019. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the founder and CEO founded the fintech platform to help youth and families gain access to banking and financial education, including tools, investing, and savings. In 2021, Goalsetter’s mission caught the attention of NBA stars Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Andre Drummond, who all […]

Money app Goalsetter raises $9.6M to expand partnerships, reach schools

Financial technology app Goalsetter has met its own goal of raising more than $9 million from institutional investors to help expand its partnerships with wealth managers, financial institutions and school systems. Continue Reading »

Birmingham invests $1 million in another year of financial literacy training

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved another $1 million to support a financial literacy program that began last year in Birmingham City Schools to coach students, teachers and staff on bank accounts, stocks and saving. The financial workshops also teach the importance of good credit and the danger of high-interest loans. Last year, the […]