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Play and learn: Gamification around money
Play and learn: Gamification around Money
We all know it: You don’t play with money! But why? After all, there is so much more to gambling than just fun. It promotes creativity, stimulates […]
Finny apps in the endurance test
Finny apps in the endurance test
If you’re good, you naturally want to get better – especially in a beta phase. Our Finny Family & Finny Kids apps are currently still in the beta phase. […]
Crypto-currencies: know-how for children
Crypto-currencies:
know-how for children
“Bitcoin, what is that, Mom?” “Dad, what does Ethereum mean?” Let’s face it: questions like that would throw many of us off our usual paths of financial education. Not […]
Good money habits – What are those anyway?
Good money habits
What are those anyway?
Money is an important part of our lives. We deal with it every day, it influences almost all our decisions and is decisive for our living […]
Gender Equality in Pocket Money: Between Gap and Equality
Gender Equality in Pocket Money
“One day I realised that for the same work the boys were getting more! That was a shock!” This is the experience that Dr. Mara Harvey […]
Salary Secret: Talking to children about your income
salary secret
“Mum and Dad, how much do you actually earn?” Probably all of us have asked our parents this question at some point. And as parents, we have […]
crowdfunding or crowdinvesting?
Crowdfunding or crowdinvesting
Crowdfunding and Crowdinvesting are two ways to fund Fintune to achieve a great mission on financial literacy.
wisdom of the crowd
Wisdom of the crowd – Unlimited universe of success
I am Ivo Meier and a strong believer in the ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ and its potential to innovate our […]
consumption: renounce or postpone?
consumption: renounce or postpone?
Consumption – does it make you happy? If money really rules the world, then consumption probably gives the coordinates along which we orientate ourselves and, […]
Social fintechs: a revolution…
Social fintechs: the revolutionary promise…
Indeed, what currently can be witnessed, as we speak, is the replication of the financial system by aspiring information technology entrepreneurs worldwide. They all […]
Black Friday: How to detect and avoid “sales” traps for children
Black Friday: How to detect and avoid “sales” traps for children
Under exceptional consumption conditions such as Black Friday, the cornerstones of one’s own financial education are often threatened […]
The financial education gene
We all know: Money can be inherited. But can other elementary monetary characteristics such as financial knowledge and financial education be passed on to your own children? So can we also inherit our handling of money and our knowledge of finance?
Haunted piggy bank?
Haunted Piggy Bank?
What do World Savings Day and Halloween have in common? In fact, there is something separating them at first, exactly one day. While World Savings Day 2020 will take place on 30 October, […]
Kids Learn Money Through Games: A financial literacy guidance
It might be surprising to know that money is not always an intuitive concept for kids. And sometimes for adults as well.
Designing for children: the finish line is just a small part of the story
How should digital products for kids be designed, so that they suit children’s cognitive, physical and emotional conditions?
Financial Literacy in digital times
Back in the 1990s, the preferred way to pay for daily expenses was in cash. When we were children ourselves, we had little knowledge of the dimension of financial literacy, such as financial knowledge, behaviour, and attitude.
