Treasurer McCord, Eagles’ Maclin, and Visa Team Up to Drive Home Personal Finance Lessons with Philadelphia Students
Philadelphia – State Treasurer Rob McCord, Philadelphia Eagles wideout Jeremy Maclin and two teams of students from Benjamin Franklin High School went head-to-head today in a high-energy game of Financial Football, a free educational game from Visa Inc. that is designed to improve students’ money management skills. The partnership between the Pennsylvania Treasury, Visa and the NFL is part of Treasurer McCord’s ongoing effort to improve financial literacy among Pennsylvanians because of its correlation to greater personal economic security. “It’s important that we help Pennsylvania's