Minnesota Vikings Ponder, State Treasurer Shoffner Join Visa Inc. in Arkansas Financial Football Rollout
In Little Rock, Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner kicked off a financial literacy initiative for students featuring Visa's Financial Football with help from the Vikings' QB Christian Ponder. As part of the statewide rollout, they joined students from four area high schools playing Financial Football, the free educational personal finance video game. Read more

Recent Visa Inc. Survey Shows Americans Hosting Super Bowl Parties Plan to Spend $118
As the Super Bowl approaches, a Visa Inc. survey finds that the average American hosting a Super Bowl party plans to spend $118.80 on food, beverages and more-almost identical to last year. In 2010, the average fan spent $144. There are regional differences as well, with fans in the South planning to spend the most at $128, and fans in the West planning to spend the least at $110. Read more

Cordray Long Dedicated to Financial Literacy
Richard Cordray, long-time financial literacy advocate and the new Director of the Consumer Protection Bureau, has an extensive history of working with Visa to improve financial education. He demonstrated his quest to improve global financial literacy by partnering with Visa as a speaker at the 2007 Financial Literacy and Education Summit and on the Ohio rollout of the educational game, Financial Football.
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Attend the 2012 Financial Literacy & Education Summit
The sixth annual Financial Literacy and Education Summit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on April 23 is themed International Solutions to Improving Financial Literacy. Confirmed participants include moderator Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC's Chief International Correspondent, and panelists Agustín Guillermo Carstens, Head of Central Bank of Mexico, and José Darío Uribe, Head of Central Bank of Colombia. Register now

How Educators Can Use Practical Money Skills in the Classroom
Whether you are introducing money lessons to your students for the first time or want to reinforce what you are currently doing, Practical Money Skills offers a wide array of free lessons plans, online games, videos, calculators and much more. Use this two-page guide to help you navigate around the site and see what kinds of resources are available.
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