U.S. Bank is celebrating Military Saves Week through March 1 with the
introduction of the Military Financial Education Course, a free digital
program that provides active military members with critical financial
wellness skills.
“The U.S. Bank team is excited to celebrate Military Saves Week,” said
Erica Opstad, vice president of the Office of Corporate Citizenship &
Financial Education at U.S. Bank. “It is a key next step in our
continued commitment to provide military members and their families with
meaningful resources and support.”
U.S. Bank has partnered with EverFi, a leading education technology
company, to produce the Military Financial Education Course. The
curriculum will focus on educating active duty military members on
financial steps that can be taken to help them prepare for deployment,
save for their return and beyond, and plan for a successful transition
back to civilian life. In addition, the course covers other critical
topics such as savings and investing, identity protection, mortgages,
and financing higher education.
“EverFi and U.S. Bank have worked together since 2011 to bring critical
financial literacy education to students across the country,” said Tom
Davidson, founder and chief executive officer of EverFi. “We are
delighted to have the opportunity to extend our impact to U.S. Bank
customers and active duty military members and empower them with
critical financial skills.”
Military Saves is a nationwide initiative in which a broad coalition of
nonprofit, financial institutions, corporate and government groups help
individuals, service members and all families save and build wealth.
Although the campaign runs throughout the year, February 24 to March 1
is designated as Military Saves Week to give the ongoing campaign an
extra push.
U.S. Bank customers can visit www.usbank.com/military
to complete the Military Financial Education Course as part of the free
financial education U.S. Bank offers to military service members. Please
visit www.militarysaves.org
for more information on Military Saves Week and the Military Saves
Campaign.
About Military Saves
Military Saves is part of the
Department of Defense’s Financial Readiness Campaign and has been a
partner with the Department of Defense since 2003. Military Saves is a
social marketing campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military
families to save money every month, and to convince leaders and
organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings. Military
Saves is a part of America Saves, the larger nationwide campaign for all
Americans. Military Saves encourages all service members, their
families, and civilian employees to take the Military Saves Pledge.
About EverFi, Inc.
EverFi, Inc. is the leading education
technology company focused on teaching, assessing, and certifying
students and adults in the critical skills they need for life. Together,
EverFi and U.S. Bank have brought financial literacy programs to over
10,000 students in schools across the country since 2011. Some of
America’s leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EverFi investors
including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric
Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, New Enterprise Associates, Inc.
(NEA), and Rethink Education. Learn more at www.everfi.com.
About U.S. Bank
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $364 billion
in assets as of Dec. 31, 2013, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the
5th largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates
3,081 banking offices in 25 states and 4,906 ATMs and provides a
comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment,
mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses
and institutions. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com.
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