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Financial literacy refers to the understanding and capability to make informed and efficient decisions about personal financial resources. It encompasses the knowledge of how money works in the world: ...

Even more alarming, the share of Americans with very low financial literacy has grown from 20% to 25% since 2017.

Fred Landis volunteers at a Be My Neighbor Day event in York, Pa., on behalf of PNC Grow Up Great. For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community ...

Most millennials can’t answer simple financial questions correctly, according to a new nationwide survey. Only 17 percent of working Americans ages 25-40 could answer five basic financial literacy ...

86% of Americans, including older consumers, are digitally literate and well-equipped to use digital platforms to meet their routine banking needs Despite high rates of digital literacy, 40% of ...

There is nothing like a crisis to illuminate the benefits of basic financial skills. A staggering number of households entered the pandemic unprepared to withstand any economic shock, let alone one of ...

Financial illiteracy costs the average American $1,015 a year. This isn’t just some abstract statistic — it’s real money lost to bad budgeting, high-interest debt, and missed chances to grow wealth.

Gen Z scored just 38% on the 2025 P-Fin Index, with 37% of young adults in the “very low” literacy band, creating a 17-point gap with the oldest generations and leaving over a third of young adults ...