Financial Education

The following links lead to websites outside of the Texas Department of Banking’s website and are provided only for your convenience. The Department is not responsible for and exercise no control over the information or content of any other website.

	General Information| Financial Education Links
	Money Management | Senior Citizens | Adults | Youth
	Minority Groups| Federal Government Sites
	Texas Government Sites| Trade Associations

• Financial Education Brochure
   
• Summary of Surveys:
  • Joint Surveys: How Bankers Provide Financial Education in Texas
    (Cosponsored by: Texas Department of Banking, Independent Bankers Association of Texas Education Foundation, and Texas Bankers Foundation)
    • 2011 Joint Survey Summary
    • 2010 Joint Survey Summary
    • 2009 Joint Survey Summary
    • 2008 Joint Survey Summary
    • 2007 Joint Survey Summary
  • 2006 Department of Banking Financial Education Survey Summary
     
• Press Release:
  • Bankers Step Up Efforts to Teach Essentials of Savings, Credit, Investing
     
• In-School Banking:
  • Center of Monetary Education for Texans (COMET) - Administrative Code 15.44
  • FDIC’s Financial Education Programs 
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - School Based Bank Savings Programs
     
• 79^th Legislative Session Financial Literacy Bills:
  (Effective September 1, 2005)
  • Senate Bill 851
  • House Bill 492 
     
• Financial Education Archives
  

• American Bankers Association Education Foundation
• Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)
• Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)
• Consumer Credit Counseling Services
• Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
• DepositAccounts.com
• FDIC Economic Inclusion
• FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Money Smart - An Adult Education Program
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Building Wealth
• Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
• Foundation Communities
• Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)
• Institute of Financial Literacy
• Jr. Finance Literacy Academy
• Learn Money 360
• Money Management International
• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
• National Financial Education Network Database
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Protect Your ID Now
• RAISE Texas: Building Financial Success
• Skills For Living
• Texas Appleseed Foundation
• Texas Family Guide to Personal Money Management
• Texas Jump$tart - Financial Smarts for Students
• Texas Saves
• United Way for Greater Austin

Money Management

• American Savings Education Council - Choose to Save
• Credit Karma
• Debt.org
• U.S. Department of Labor - Employee Benefits Security Administration
• Financial Fitness Greater Austin
• Financial Fitness Greater Dallas
• Financial Planning Association
• Houston Money Week
• Mint
• Money Smart Week El Paso
• Safe Borrowing by American Bar Association
• Sam Houston State University Financial Literacy Week
• Savings Bond Operations Office
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Social Security Administration (SSA)

Senior Citizens

• AARP
• Assisted Living Directory
• Disability.gov - U.S. Department of Labor
• FirstGov for Seniors
• Go Direct - U.S. Department of Treasury
• President's ID Theft Taskforce
• TexasHealthOptions - Texas Department of Insurance
• TurboTax Free Retirement Calculator

Adults

• Bankrate.com
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Money Smart - An Adult Education Program
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Building Wealth
• Go Direct - U.S. Department of Treasury
• Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)
• IRS-Taxpayer Advocate Services
• MasterCard’s “Debt Know How”
• The Motley Fools- Investment and Debt Management
• President's ID Theft Taskforce
• TexasHealthOptions - Texas Department of Insurance
• TurboTax Free Retirement Calculator
• United Way
• Wells Fargo Bank’s “Hands on Banking”

Youth

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Money Smart for Young Adults
• First Command Education Foundation
• Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)
• Jr. Finance Literacy Academy
• Junior Achievement
• Kids Count
• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
• President's ID Theft Taskforce
• Texas Jump$tart - Financial Smarts for Students
• Wells Fargo Bank’s “Hands on Banking”

Minority Groups

• ¡Adelante! U.S. Education Leadership Fund
• Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce
• Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
• Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce
• Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas

Federal Government Sites

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) : Money Smart - An Adult Education Program
• Federal Government Website - My Money
• Federal Reserve Board – Consumer Information
• Federal Trade Commission - For the Consumer
• Go Direct - U.S. Department of Treasury
• National Financial Education Network Database
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
• United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Financial Education and Financial Access

Texas Government Sites

• Office of the Attorney General - Consumer Protection
• Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC)
• Texas Department of Insurance - TexasHealthOptions
• Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (SML)
• Texas Education Agency
• Texas State Securities Board
• Texas Veterans Portal

Trade Associations

• Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)
• Texas Bankers Association (TBA) - Financial Literacy

Bank On Programs

“Bank On” programs are designed to bring the unbanked into the financial mainstream.

• Bank On Brazos Valley
• Bank On Central Texas
• Bank On Dallas
• Bank On Houston

Contact Information:
Financial Education Coordinator

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