Financial literacy news
The power of putting financial literacy — and buttered toast — on the school curriculum
Lucy Kellaway looks at how FLIC and Magic Breakfast — the two charities backed by this year’s FT seasonal appeal — are feeding young minds
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Video: Sadiq Khan on hunger in London classrooms
The London mayor discusses the link between child nutrition and learning
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Two vital interventions to boost children’s life chances
FT Seasonal Appeal backs charities devoted to financial literacy and free school meals
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Could TikTok, apps and Gemma Collins boost women’s pensions?
Scottish Widows study shows more than 2mn UK women will not be able to afford to retire
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The best investment tip of all? Start when you’re young
Sir Douglas Flint joins calls to boost personal finance teaching in schools
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Maths education is failing UK students
To combat worrying GCSE trends, we must make the discipline relevant to young people
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Data is the key to supporting Britain’s poorest pensioners
As energy bills rise, bolder reforms are needed to identify the 880,000 households missing out on pension credit
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Best of Money Clinic: The financial advice we’d give to Barbie
She may be plastic but her personal finances are more relatable than you think
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Would you turn to Reddit for investment ideas?
It’s no surprise that social platforms are the go-to place when industry communications appear designed to obfuscate
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Even Wall Street bankers’ kids need lessons in financial literacy
In the US, entrepreneurs, donors and family foundations are backing initiatives to teach the basics of managing money
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Teens lack financial literacy and maths skills for digital economy
OECD report highlights gap in rich countries between access to banking products and an understanding of how finance works
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The Five-Minute Investor from Money Clinic: the power of compounding
Why this mathematical principle is an investor’s most valuable tool
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Have you got five minutes to talk about investing?
It is high time we normalised conversations about money
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How I paid off £16,000 credit card debt in just two years
What drives the desire to spend is a complex issue. You could call it emotional spending
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Money Clinic podcast: Fixing women’s financial future
The business case for flexible working and affordable childcare
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What women want their financial future to look like
The Budget and International Women’s Day remind us that the campaign for equality is still far from won
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Free reader event: The true cost of childcare
Join Mother Pukka and Pregnant then Screwed on International Women’s Day
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ABI Covid Support Fund Donates £652,000 to FLIC
FLIC will use the donation to transform its ‘Making your money work’ project, which already benefitted from a donation from the Fund in 2021, into a large-scale financial literacy offering
Money Clinic podcast: I’m in over my head with debt
A guide to getting out of credit card debt
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A dating app with credit scores: what’s not to love?
Proving you can manage your finances has real pulling power
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Money Clinic podcast: Investment masterclass – the psychology of money
Best-selling author Morgan Housel shares his financial insights
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Four ways to sort out your financial life in 2024
New year resolutions to revolutionise your relationship with money
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Money Clinic podcast: How to sort out your financial life in 2024
Experts offer a wealth of tips for navigating next year’s expected money challenges
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Take NatWest shares into Britain’s classrooms
A golden opportunity for the government to boost youngsters’ financial education
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Money Clinic podcast: When is a tax cut not a tax cut? The Autumn Statement digested
Claer Barrett is joined by FT reporters and editors to crunch through the numbers
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India fights back against soaring digital fraud
Financial literacy education is key to protecting Indians from scams in era of superfast payments
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Money Clinic podcast: Understanding economics — why it matters for your money
How interest rates, growth, inflation and taxes affect your finances
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MPs launch inquiry into UK financial education
Basic numeracy at low levels among young people
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Record number of UK households seek help with cost-of-living issues
Latest Citizens Advice data shows mounting crisis heading into winter as voluntary sector warns it will struggle to cope
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Money Clinic podcast: Deborah Meaden on her life in business
The ‘Dragons’ Den’ star on green investing and talking to kids about money
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Money Clinic podcast: Isa investing is changing
How could government reforms affect your savings and investments?
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HMRC clashes with young investors over Isa rules
Row over holding fractional shares in tax-free accounts intensifies ahead of Autumn Statement
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Money Clinic podcast: Help! My parents are being targeted by scammers
What’s being done to stop cold callers who prey on the elderly?
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How can we defuse the household debt time bomb?
The nature of people’s debts have changed significantly — so too must debt solutions
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AI: the answer to everyday finances?
A range of apps link to accounts to assist with spending, saving, debts and more
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FT Film: Why the UK has a problem with maths
How to teach maths better to teenagers and improve numeracy for adult life
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Money Clinic podcast: How to get a pay rise
Tips from the experts recorded live at the FT Weekend festival
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How I fell for a social media scam
Offers that seem too good to be true can be fraudulent ads that slip through review systems
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Money Clinic podcast: The dark side of the US sports-betting boom
Will rapid growth in the industry lead to a surge in gambling addiction?
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The ‘unbanked’ deserve as much attention as the ‘debanked’
Farage-Coutts furore is a chance to focus on the plight of those without access to financial products and services
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Social media finfluencers embrace the rules to reach a new audience
Young online experts fight against misinformation and offer proper financial guidance
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Grandparents: give the gift of investment education
As inheritance tax bills rise, pass on your financial savvy as well as your cash
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It pays to open up about mortgage pain
Rising rates on home loans will put a strain on relationships unless we challenge taboos about money
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Under-21s targeted by money launderers, warns UK fraud agency
Schools initiative to discourage youngsters from being used as ‘money mules’
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This could be the best £800 investment you’ll ever make
National insurance top-ups can provide an oversized boost to your state pension
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Peru makes teachers comfortable about money before teaching the kids
Novel approach to financial literacy has lessons for rich and poor countries alike
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Banks must play fair as mortgage rates rise
As millions brace for the impact of more expensive home loans, here’s a don’t panic guide to what happens next
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Money Clinic podcast: When trading crypto becomes an addiction
Should this activity be regulated by the Gambling Commission?
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Money Clinic podcast: Should females plan differently for their retirement?
The differences between men and women when it comes to building a pension
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MyBnk calls for 30 hours a year of financial education in UK schools
Only two-fifths of young people are deemed financially literate, says charity
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Money Clinic podcast: Hacking your bills
Council tax, energy, water bills and broadband — what can be done to keep costs down?
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Money Clinic podcast: What they don’t teach you about money
Your money ‘personality’ — and how to change it
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‘I’m 22 and I earn more than my parents’
Young workers on high salaries find financial advice hard to come by
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Personal inflation calculator: what is your inflation rate?
As the cost of living continues to rise, find out how much inflation could affect your personal finances
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Charity warns of UK maths gender gap
Women express less confidence than men in National Numeracy survey
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Money Clinic podcast: Money and relationships: a crash course
Expert tips on joint accounts, planning for a baby and the single tax
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Watch Four Things Women Need To Know About Love And Money
Free women’s personal finance webinar in association with FT Live.
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UK financial system ‘locking out’ growing numbers of people
As lenders rein in risk during cost of living crisis, survey finds those unable to access credit increasing
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Money Clinic podcast: Help! What should I do with my mortgage?
What should mortgage holders make of increased interest rates?
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Money Clinic podcast: What they don’t teach you about money
Sixth-formers share their experiences of money amid the cost of living crisis
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The first lesson for female financial education? Money is power
Online communities for women to learn about cash, investing and pensions are an exciting fintech development
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Mistakes even wealthy people make
Your emotional hang-ups about money could stop you from getting richer
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Money Clinic podcast: Is cash making a comeback?
Why a budgeting trend has gone viral on social media
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Britain’s schools fail legal condition to teach money matters
Two-fifths of teachers do not know financial literacy is compulsory in secondary education
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Retirement coaching: coming to a workplace near you?
Brits don’t understand their retirement options, and I fear for the ‘Cafters’
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Money Clinic podcast: a bank CEO’s view of the cost of living crisis
Chris Pitt, chief executive of First Direct, thinks the financial world has a duty to teach customers
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For love or money: the hidden victims of financial abuse
Being trapped in a financially controlling relationship is more common than you think
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Why do Brits hate maths? Go figure
Poor numeracy is a problem, but Rishi Sunak needs to show his workings for compulsory maths until age 18
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Money Clinic podcast: What’s your financial new year resolution?
Experts pass on financial planning tips for the year ahead
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Five financial new year resolutions for 2023
Will you ‘manifest money’ in the year ahead?
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Now is the time to boost financial literacy
The FT’s charity is filling vital gaps in public understanding of money
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My 12 ‘money movies’ of Christmas
Films that could spark a conversation about finance with your children
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Your chance to have lunch with the FT
The editor and eight journalists up for auction to support the FLIC charity
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Money Clinic podcast: The crypto winter — will my investments ever recover?
Millions of crypto investors around the world have been hit by FTX’s collapse
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FT Film: US bank branch closures widen social inequality
There are more than 1,600 ‘banking deserts’ in the US, with the lack of financial services hitting African-Americans the hardest
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Teachers struggle to broaden access to financial literacy
British schools face barriers to keeping cash management classes on curriculum, despite students’ desire to learn
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When your boss becomes your banker
Well-meaning companies are increasingly offering financial services such as loans or pay advances. What is the risk?
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Autumn Statement: What it means for your money
Key changes affecting personal taxes, investments, pensions and property
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A child’s eye view of the cost of living crisis
From saving pocket money to better budgeting and giving to charity, children’s financial habits are changing
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Money Clinic podcast: High interest rates? Time to get saving
Why cash savings should now be part of your financial plan
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Mortgage shock: what next for embattled borrowers?
Spiralling home loan rates add to households’ cost of living pressures
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Masters of rap could help bridge the financial literacy gap
These artists may be living large, but many of them are very financially savvy
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Money Clinic podcast: Mind the gap! What women need to know about investing
Listen to a masterclass with Emilie Bellet, founder of Vestpod
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Fintechs have made people’s lives unnecessarily complicated
The proliferation of products creates confusion rather than clarity
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Electricity calculator: how much will your bills cost this winter?
Find out how much your electrical devices and appliances will set you back under the new energy price cap
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Money Clinic podcast: the mini-budget’s maxi impact
Who wins and who loses in Truss and Kwarteng’s overhaul of tax rates
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Money Clinic podcast: cooking hacks to keep your food bill down
How much does the way you prepare your meals affect how much you are spending?
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Money Clinic podcast: supermarket hacks to keep your food bill down
Claer Barrett takes to the supermarket aisles to find the best tips for keeping the cost to a minimum
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Have lunch with FT’s Martin Wolf or Claer Barrett
Bid for your chance to meet FT columnists in the Flic charity auction
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A ‘back to school’ moment for your finances
Budget-busting challenges ahead mean everyone needs to check their sums this autumn
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Don’t let energy price wars nuke our personal finances
As price cap heralds 80% rise in bills this winter, there’s no time to waste
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Money Clinic podcast: Could you retire in your thirties with FIRE?
What the movement can teach us about investing and living a more meaningful life
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Tech Tonic podcast: A sceptic’s guide to crypto
After the crash, why do so many people still believe crypto has a future?
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Workers halt pension savings as cost of living crisis bites
Warning over long-term damage to retirement funds
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Money Clinic podcast: Help, I’ve been priced out of the rental market
Practical tips for renters dealing with rent increases and bidding wars
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Cost of living crisis pushes households to breaking point
Community lenders are struggling to meet unprecedented demand as the desperate seek loans to cover food and bills
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Support surges for campaigners urging non-payment of energy bills
Experts warn consumers that halting direct debits could mean higher bills and poorer credit scores
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Video: Fighting financial exclusion in the Gypsy and Traveller community
Already marginalised, they face further problems when it comes to obtaining home and car insurance, or even banking access
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Are you due a share of £50bn of lost assets?
More effort should go into tracking down the owners of lost accounts
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Victims of financial crime suffer psychological shocks
Campaign group report attacks UK’s regulatory framework for financial services
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Employers urged to help workers navigate stresses of cost of living crisis
Mounting money worries spark calls for companies to support workers’ financial wellbeing
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Father’s Day advice for new investors
As markets turn bearish, will young investors run screaming into the woods?
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Money Clinic podcast: Dad, mum or the internet?
Young people are turning to the internet — rather than their parents — to learn about money
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UK’s credit gap will gape in this cost of living crisis
Illegal money lending appears to be rising as higher energy and food bills push those in need towards loan sharks
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A jubilee year for the state pension?
Through the generations, women need to ensure they will have cause to celebrate in retirement
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Hard lessons from the crypto crash
Can anything challenge the belief that investing in digital assets is a guaranteed route to riches?
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UK households resort to ‘buy now pay later’ loans to cover energy bills
Consumer groups say use of finance schemes points to deepening of cost of living crisis
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Instagram must stop the scammers targeting Gen Z
Cloned accounts con followers of genuine financial content creators out of thousands
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Q&A: A guide for Ukrainian refugees and their UK hosts
How to navigate finances, benefits, employment rules and avoid sticky situations
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Cancelling Netflix won’t solve energy price crunch
Extreme energy rationing shows growing desperation of people in fuel poverty
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What can the Rolling Stones teach us about financial literacy?
How the demographics of the super group’s fan base are tuned in to retirement planning
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Money Clinic podcast: Should I save for a property or a pension?
As wages fail to keep pace with soaring property prices, younger investors face tough choices
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Young people scammed on Instagram highlight UK surge in online crime
Efforts to tackle steep rise in fraud are stymied by under-resourced and outdated strategies
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Basic maths skills oil the wheels of financial literacy
The biggest service we could do for future financial literacy is to embed mathematical skills for today’s pupils
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Money Clinic podcast: Budget to beat the rising cost of living
With ‘Awful April’ around the corner, budgeting is a skill everyone needs to master
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The best financial rule I ever learnt? Open the bills
Emotion plays a surprising role in our understanding of personal finance
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The UK ‘back to the office budget’ does not add up for women
Working flexibly could save money, but at what cost to their careers?
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Seven things women need to know about money
Experts share inspirational tips on how to transform your finances
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‘Buy now pay later’ boom fuels consumer debt concerns as transactions soar
Regulators scrutinise sector that allows customers to delay payments
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Improving financial literacy must be a priority for Europe
One in three EU households are unable to meet unexpected shocks to their finances
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Half of UK adults need ‘urgent help’ managing their money
Consumers say better financial education would reduce indebtedness
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Beware the property trap ensnaring young buyers
Under-40s find the Lifetime Isa has shortlived benefits
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Money Clinic podcast: The ultimate tax return guide
The ins and outs of self-assessment ahead of the January 31 deadline
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The struggles of migrants to build a business
Despite many obstacles, new arrivals have a record of entrepreneurship
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Lucy Kellaway’s crypto classroom confessions
Lucy Kellaway, Patrick Jenkins and Peter Spiegel talk financial literacy with Claer Barrett
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Teaching personal finance with hair extensions
Ex-banker wins teaching prize with novel lessons on the cost of consumer credit
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Repeat – What’s your financial New Year’s resolution?
Investments, will-writing and other financial resolutions for the 2022 to-do list
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Should you invest in a startup?
Angel investors can expect to kiss a lot of frogs — so beware of handing over more capital than you can afford to lose
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Do you pay too much for financial advice?
Clients expect ‘advice by Zoom’ to be cheaper than face-to-face
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How can I use Isas to invest or buy a property?
A complete guide to the UK’s tax-free savings accounts
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Interactive Investor shares open letter on financial education
Letter to the education secretary and Financial Services Consumer panel calls for a series of urgent measures
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FT launches first Christmas appeal to benefit its new charity
The Financial Times has launched its annual Seasonal Appeal
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Don’t dismiss UK banking’s ‘consumer duty’ as fluff
Done properly, the regulation could mean upheaval for the sector and be a force for financial literacy and inclusion
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Courtney Love: why you’ve got to do the math
As part of the FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, the musician shares her story about making – and losing – a fortune
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How safe are digital assets?
How do digital assets work and how does the underlying blockchain technology support them?
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Calling all teenagers: could you write an article for the FT?
The annual competition offers cash prizes and more
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Vanishing cash means ‘digital literacy’ is vital
Teaching children to be financially literate comes at a cost
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China fights a financial fraud explosion
Tens of thousands are falling victim to fraud despite government attempts to combat the scammers
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Repeat – Help! I need to sort out my pensions
How to manage your pension pots and state pension contributions
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UK Treasury minister backs calls for tighter rules to tackle online fraud
John Glen ‘sympathetic’ to holding tech companies responsible for addressing fake ads
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Low adult numeracy is holding the UK back
Confidence-boosting can help people with a fear of numbers
into better jobs, breaking the generational low-skills cycle
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Cryptocurrencies: how regulators lost control
How did regulators lose control and can they get a grip now?
Or is there a danger that overregulation stifles innovation?
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How to ask for a pay rise – and get one!
This week, Money Clinic is having a pay rise takeover – we’ll be pulling apart that big, scary box labelled ‘Asking for a pay rise’
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FT readers respond: Cryptocurrency in the classroom
Can schoolchildren learn the value of money via trading apps?
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Crypto in the classroom
In an age when trading apps have made investment cool, understanding money is more important than ever
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Real Living Wage rises to £9.90 an hour
More than 300,000 people are getting a pay boost of 40p to £9.90 an hour
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Meghan Markle just proved she’s the money-saving icon we never knew we needed
Pass us the coupons please
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Simple rules for managing your money
Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career
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Low-income households ‘priced out’ of insurance market
Higher cost of cover is biggest contributor to ‘poverty premium’ as increasing use of data leads to closer risk profiling
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The perils of making a fortune at a young age
Young sports stars and celebrities face big challenges managing life-changing pots of money
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Students in the state must pass financial literacy test
Ohio governor Mike DeWine has signed into law a bill that requires students to pass a financial literacy program to graduate
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First-ever financial education textbook lands in schools
All 3,400 state-funded secondary schools in England will get 100 free copies of a financial education textbook
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Low adult numeracy is holding the UK back
Confidence-boosting can help people with a fear of numbers into better jobs, breaking the generational low-skills cycle
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Meet FLIC’s first influencer
Ola Majekodunmi is working with FLIC to narrow the financial literacy gap by producing content for use in schools and online
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The financial secrets of footballers, part one
Sol Campbell shares what it’s like to earn serious money as a footballer on the Money Clinic podcast with the FT’s Claer Barett
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‘We need people to know the ABC of finance’: facing up to the financial literacy crisis
Economist Annamaria Lusardi helps young people gain skills to manage their money
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Ex-Prime Minister backs new Financial Times charity
Gordon Brown has thrown his support behind a new charity aimed at boosting the financial literacy in the UK.
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UK schools failing students on financial literacy
British schools are failing to teach pupils about personal finance, new research has shown.
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FT poll shows 90% learnt ‘little or nothing’ about finance at school
The Financial Times has launched a new charity endorsed by the former prime minister Gordon Brown
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Why financial literacy is a passport to financial freedom
Support the FT’s campaign to improve prospects of millions in Britain and around the world
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How a new FT campaign will provide financial knowledge to those who need it most
We aim to combat the ways in which society makes it so expensive to be poor
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The lasting legacy of financial literacy
The FT supports a new charity to improve public understanding of money
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Letter from the editor on the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
The Financial Times launches its bold new charitable initiative
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How much is bad maths costing Britain?
Plain Numbers Project doubles the number of consumers who understand their bills
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Meet the teen investors of the future
Winners of the FT’s personal finance competition see beyond meme stocks
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Why financial literacy matters more than ever
As the economic climate worsens, the FT’s new foundation aims to help improve money management skills for the most vulnerable
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Lack of confidence is impeding women’s financial literacy, study finds
Nervousness in money matters may have ramifications for gender equality struggle, researchers believe
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Letter from the editor on the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
The Financial Times is to launch a new, ambitious charitable initiative
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