Financial education and consumer protection

This report contributes to a better understanding of how public authorities worldwide are designing, delivering and evaluating digital financial education initiatives.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences are exacerbating factors that contribute to the increased financial vulnerability of seniors, together with low financial and digital literacy and possibly declining cognitive abilities. This note suggests policy measures to strengthen the financial well-being of seniors throughout the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath.

26 April 2021. The EC and the OECD/INFE will jointly develop a financial competence framework for the EU. This online event will launch the project and include a panel of senior EU policymakers, as well as representatives of academia and the private sector.