Synchrony to Promote Personal Finance Education With Investments and Employee-Led Effort

Consumer financing company Synchrony aims to promote personal finance education for K-12 students with a $1 million investment in nonprofit organizations and with an employee-led effort to share financial literacy expertise.

Both efforts will focus on preparing teachers and others to teach financial literacy, the company said in a Friday (Sept. 19) press release. Synchrony’s $1 million investment over two years will go to nonprofit organizations that help K-12 public educators teach personal finance classes in the United States, according to the release.