Hundreds of Latino Seniors get Hands on Banking at the Institute for Puerto Rican Hispanic Elderly's Annual Conference

Through the generous support of Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company, the Hispanic Federation has expanded its successful Personal Finance Workshop series for adults. Using the Hands on Banking digital platform, the series offers a variety of interactive financial literacy workshops focused on budgeting, the importance of saving, investing and maintaining good credit. 

Trained bilingual HF staff help to facilitate the workshops, which are designed to reach multiple age groups.

Hands on Banking at IPRHE’s Annual Conference

On October 28th, over 800 seniors attended the Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly’s Annual Conference at Columbia University in New York City.  The conference featured a panel of speakers providing vital bilingual information, giveaways, health screenings and various workshops.  Hispanic Federation staff provided training on fraud prevention and credit protection during the panel portion of the program and later offered a bilingual 30-minute workshop on the importance of credit. Participants were able to receive free booklets and resources about repairing and checking their credit reports.

For more information on the Personal Finance Workshop Series, please contact Marisa Casellas or visit www.handsonbanking.org.

View images from the conference on the Hispanic Federation's Flickr Photostream by clicking the image below.