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The program, module by module
Every subject is a full presentation for learning and teaching — click any module to explore the program.
Youth Track · Elite Financial Skills 4 Kids
What the Youth Academy covers
- 01Understanding compound interest
- 02The difference between assets and liabilities
- 03How credit scores work
- 04Building your first budget
- 05Smart spending — needs vs. wants
- 06Saving before spending
- 07The basics of investing
- 08Earning — jobs, chores, and young entrepreneurship
- 09Ownership over consumption
- 10Avoiding debt and get-rich-quick schemes
Key things students learn from the FinLit Youth program
Money is earned
Money grows slowly
Live below your means
Save before spending
Make a budget
Work toward GOALS
The power of investing
Understand taxes
Learn from failures
Stay out of DEBT
Be GENEROUS
Avoid get-rich-quick schemes
Adult Track · Elite Financial Skills 4 Adults
What the Adult Academy covers
- 01Building multiple income streams
- 02Mastering your credit report and score
- 03Debt payoff — snowball vs. avalanche
- 04Retirement accounts and investing basics
- 05Tax-aware money decisions
- 06Emergency reserves that actually hold
- 07Negotiating salary and pricing your value
- 08Homeownership — the rent vs. buy math
- 09Estate basics — wills and beneficiaries
- 10Generational wealth and legacy building
New program · FinSavvy
FinSavvy Banking Strategies Training
A practical track for opening the right accounts — savings, credit and investments — and running them properly long after the class ends. Two versions, one for youth and one for adults.
FinSavvy Banking Strategies — Youth
A first bank account that becomes a first financial system
FinSavvy Youth is where a young person opens their first real accounts — not a pretend ledger, but a savings account with their name on it. Working alongside a parent or guardian, students open a savings account, activate a debit card with spending controls, and learn how to read a statement instead of ignoring it.
From there the training turns management into habit. Students set a savings goal, build an automatic transfer from allowance or a first paycheck, sort spending into needs and wants, and learn the safety rules of mobile banking — PIN hygiene, scam texts, and why nobody legitimate asks for a card number by phone.
The final sessions introduce what comes next: how a credit score is built before you ever need it, what a custodial investment account is, and how fees quietly eat a small balance. Every student leaves with a working account, a written savings target, and a guardian who knows how to keep coaching.
Program benefits
- Opens a real savings and youth checking/debit account with guardian consent — paperwork done in class.
- Builds an automatic savings habit with a transfer they control, so saving stops depending on willpower.
- Learns to read a bank statement, spot fees, and reconcile spending against a real balance.
- Practices safe mobile banking: strong PINs, card freeze tools, and how to recognise scam messages.
- Gets a head start on credit — what a score is, how it is built, and which early habits help or hurt.
- Introduces custodial investing in plain terms, so investing is familiar before it is urgent.
Accounts you’ll open
Registration · Program 2026
Two ways to join the academy
Pick your track and tell us where to start — a coordinator will follow up with onboarding details.
Youth Academy
Ages 8–17
The Elite Financial Skills 4 Kids track — four modules from your first budget to financial execution.
Adult Academy
Ages 18+
The adult track — four modules from income strategies to credit mastery, wealth, and legacy.