In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students.

John Hancock Funds is making available on its web site a complimentary, eight-page Emergency Checklist brochure that investors may download and print, as a way to help prepare for emergencies.

This is a disturbing trend because I believe it will cause more cardholders to default. But the problems began long before consumers starting tapping their credit cards.

In a decade of an alarming credit crunch, rising cost of food, skyrocketed costs of living and an alarming debt for entertainment, most young people struggle to understand the basics of personal finance. This is from personal experience, observation and according to the results of a recently published government poll.

A recent AARP study shows that 26% of people they surveyed were finding it more difficult to pay their mortgage or rent, and 66% found it more difficult to pay for food, gas and medicine.

With the 2008 hurricane season officially underway, consumers are beginning to stock up on bottled water, batteries, canned food, flashlights and other critical supplies to prepare for a hurricane or other natural disaster. Where they may fall short is preparing themselves financially, says the American Financial Services Association Education Foundation (AFSAEF).

IRVINE, Calif. (May 28, 2008) – The University of California, Irvine Extension announces plans to offer a new online elective course as part of its Personal Financial Planning Certificate Program, a Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.-registered program, designed to help students obtain the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) designation. Held online beginning June 30 through Sept. 12.

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the primary subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI), today launched a new consumer-focused website at www.homesafepmi.com to help homeowners save their homes from foreclosure.

(Washington DC) June 3, 2008 In honor of Independence Day, best-selling author, Matthew Lesko is inviting everyone to join him online July Fourth at www.UncleSamLive.com when he hosts his first National Treasure Hunt, answering any and all questions about finding financial independence using government programs.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson announced today that the 2009 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grant application process is now open.

Non-profit groups, financial institutions, government agencies, libraries and others started to increase the effectiveness of their community-based financial education programs today when the Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education opened a two-day conference.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond released its 2007 Annual Report, which features the essay "Are We Saving Enough? Households and Retirement."