The Citi - Learning Society Financial Education Exchange, known as "FinEdx", is an online knowledge and learning hub dedicated to supporting financial education practitioners in the Asia Pacific region.
If you are an advocate or provider of financial education, browse FinEdx for teaching resources, research articles, information on financial education programs in other countries and other regions, related news and events, and much more!
Special Features
Interview with Kuo How Nam - President, Credit Counselling Singapore.
Credit Counselling Singapore provides an arbitration service between banks and borrowers that helps to provide information about debt and debt resolution. Borrowers who have become overwhelmed by debt can learn about their options, while banks can learn about the issues that their clients face with multiple financial institutions and find solutions that help avoid personal bankruptcy. The organisation sees financial education as a goal in helping Singaporeans understand their debt better, or to avoid excessive debt in the first place. Read more
Hatton National Bank and school outreach programmes
Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank has been running financial education programmes for young Sri Lankans since 1989 in order to introduce them to financial concepts, how banks work, and to initiate their own savings. In a country where banks are not well-understood, Hatton National Bank has undertaken various social programmes to de-mystify financial services and encourage young people to save for themselves. Read more