What Is FinEdLink?

Find Your Financial Education Link to High Schools/Young Adults

Looking for an audience in your community to give a financial education presentation to? ABA Foundation’s FinEdLink component can help you. This free online portal matches banks with schools, agencies, faith-based ministries, community centers, and other organizations that have expressed interest in having a banker present on age-appropriate personal finance topics. The ABA Foundation markets FinEdLink to non-banker audiences around the country to help you establish relationships in your community with those who have a vested interest in improving financial literacy.

To accept FinEdLink presentation requests, you need only check the opt-in box when registering your participation in each of the Foundation’s financial education programs. You will find the opt-in option on the GSAC enrollment form once you are logged into the ABA Shopping Cart. Opting-in then allows groups in your community to request a financial education presentation from your bank.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How will I receive presentation requests?

Once you opt-in to participate in FinEdLink on the GSAC registration form, available through the ABA Shopping Cart, you will receive presentation requests via email from communityengagement@aba.com. This email will contain detailed information about the requested presentation. ABA Foundation staff is available help to facilitate these partnerships.

2. What should I do when I receive a request?

Simply click the accept link in the request email to notify the ABA Foundation that you will connect with the requester regarding a presentation. Using the contact information in the request email, reach out directly to the requester to coordinate logistics for the presentation. We ask that you contact the requester directly within two weeks of receiving the initial request. If you are unable to accept the presentation request, contact the ABA Foundation.

3. What topics will I present?

You will be asked to present topics taken directly from the GSAC program: Banking Careers, Budgeting, Credit Scores, Paying for College, and Protecting Identity. In some cases, you may be asked to present more than one topic.

4. Where will the presentation be held?

Logistics for presentations will be coordinated between you and the requester. Presentations are frequently held at the facility of the requesting organization, bank branch, public library or other community centers.