YOUR MONEY Financial Education Available Online (NAPS)—A well-known pay- ment card can take credit for a new online consumer-education initiative. The Web site is a clearinghouse for personal financial edu- cation tools for parents, teachers and studentsofall ages. A new Web site offers con- sumers a wide rangeoffinancial education tools. The site, sponsored by Visa U.S.A., provides free online courses, curriculum, online calculators, brochures, CDs, pam- phlets, magazines and games to help consumers manage their finances more efficiently and effectively. Said Kelly Presta, Visa U.S.A. vice president, “The Web site was developed to meet consumers’ growing need for personal finan- cial tools. Help on money matters is now just a click away.” In addition to sponsoring the Website, called PracticalMoney Skills.com, the company has also co-sponsored an online personal finance curriculum—www.visa. edgate.com—that reaches 12,000 schools andfive million students. To learn more,visit the Web site at www.PracticalMoneySkills.com.
