FEATURED EVENT
CHERRY BLOSSOM FINANCIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE
The 9th Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute was held on April 25 – 26, 2024 at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
The 9th Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute was held on April 25 – 26, 2024 at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
This Connecting to Reimagine initiative is born of GFLEC’s leadership in the field of financial literacy and personal finance. We aim to bring together decision makers and thought leaders from various sectors to exchange knowledge and experience, with the ultimate shared vision of improving the financial well-being of people around the world.
This joint initiative of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and GFLEC brought together academics, practitioners, policy makers, and other experts to present and discuss cutting-edge research on financial literacy. The seminars ran from 2012 - 2023 and were open to the public. The series concluded when GFLEC moved to Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2023.
The 9th Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute was held on April 25 – 26, 2024 at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
Organized by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD)’s International Network on Financial Education (INFE), this event series addressed cutting-edge policy issues and research ideas to advance the global financial literacy agenda. The OECD/GFLEC Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance Financial Literacy series addressed topics such as financial literacy around the world: evidence and implications; influencing behavior: the impact of the institutional framework; leapfrogging: innovative ideas across fields; and translating research into policy and…
GFLEC Academic Director Annamaria Lusardi organized and moderated a workshop panel on financial literacy at the G20 Conference, Digitising Finance, Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy, held in Wiesbaden, Germany, on January 25 and 26, 2017. The conference, hosted by the Bundesbank and the German Ministry of Finance, brought together numerous influential leaders, including Jens Weidmann, President of the Bundesbank.
International Federation of Finance Museum (IFFM) members convene annually at an international conference that inspires innovation in the promotion of financial education globally by engaging media, academics, policy makers, and industry leaders.
On November 2, 2016, GFLEC’s Entrepreneurship among Baby Boomers Conference brought together experts from U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, AARP, and more to share their latest work on self-employment among older adults.
This series—which invited financial literacy thought leaders to share their experiences and expertise with academics, policy makers, and industry experts—kicked off in the fall of 2012.
Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions is a new, hour-long documentary that reveals our natural behavioral biases—and provides innovative solutions to get us on the path to financial security. GFLEC and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation hosted the screening and discussion of this documentary...
The National Financial Capability Study (NFCS) is an ongoing, multi-year project aimed at monitoring and better understanding financial capability in America. The first wave of NFCS data was collected in 2009, and every three years thereafter. GFLEC and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation co-hosted the release of the 2012 data on May 29, 2013, and the release of the 2015 data on July 12, 2016.
The Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hosted the U.S. release of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) financial literacy data on July 9, 2014...
The Global Financial Literacy Summit (GFLS), hosted by GFLEC and the WorldPensionSummit, convened thought leaders, policy makers, practitioners, and executives from industry-leading financial firms from over 40 countries for a global forum on the new and rapidly evolving fields of financial literacy, financial education, and financial decision making. GFLEC and WPS hosted summits in Amsterdam in 2012 and 2013.
The objective of this conference was to present the innovative ideas and work of the Financial Literacy Center teams. Each presentation provides a brief project overview, insights on what works to improve financial literacy and financial capability, and a discussion about what remains to be answered with further work.