Bank Offers Advice to Travelers

Survey: Most in Wis. Have No Savings

More than half of Wisconsin residents are living paycheck-to-paycheck and have no “rainy day” fund that would cover thee months of unanticipated financial emergencies, according to a recently released FINRA survey. Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story.

Opinion: Money Smart Week Beneficial

Cleveland Banker Honored for Financial Ed.

Cynthia Roeck of Cleveland State Bank has earned the Banker Award, Teach Children to Save Day Award, and a certificate of excellence from the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s State Bankers Promoting Financial Literacy program, according to the Manitowoc Herald Times-Reporter.

Money Smart Week Focuses on Spending Less

Alice Wood, founder and president of Wealth Watchers International, is working toward a simple goal: to help people spend less than they make. She’s the featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 2010, at the Oshkosh North High School Auditorium in honor of Money Smart Week Wisconsin, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and organizations across the state. Read the Oshkosh Northwestern article.

Money Smart Week Set for Oct. 2-9

Last year, more than 1,500 people attended presentations during Money Smart Week in Wisconsin, which is planned for Oct. 2-9, 2010. More than 140 free programs around the state for people of all ages are planned for this year’s event. Read more in the Sheboygan Press and see the Money Smart Week web site for more details.

Talk to College Students About Money

Parents, before kids go off to college, have a conversation about needs vs. wants, credit cards and debt, spending and saving, writes Alan Prahl of the Financial Information and Service Center, a non-profit program of Goodwill NCW, in the Appleton Post-Crescent.

Wis. Bankers Teach Children About Saving

National Exchange Bank & Trust participated in the 14th Annual Teach Children to Save Day on April 27. Bank volunteers provided classroom presentations throughout East Central Wisconsin at several area elementary schools and reached hundreds of children. Read the Sheboygan Press article.

‘Financial Reality Day’ Educates Beloit Teens

More than 300 business students learned a lesson in financial planning in Beloit at a “financial reality day” sponsored by several local financial institutions. Students chose a career, received a fictional income and budgeted for a fictional life, which for some included children. Read the Beloit Daily News article.

M&I, Puelicher Ctr Receive Financial Ed Awards

M&I Bank Community Education, Milwaukee, and the Puelicher Center for Banking Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business were among the nine organizations and six individuals honored with 2010 Governor’s Financial Literacy Awards, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.