{"id":239,"date":"2023-09-15T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:41:31","slug":"financial-life-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/financial-life-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Life Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Financial life skills, otherwise known as financial literacy, is the ability to understand and use various financial skills, including banking, budgeting, and investing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Things Financial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Queens has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/queens.igrad.com\/\">iGrad<\/a>, a third-party vendor, to provide students with the tools for building a better understanding of matters related to finance and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/queens.igrad.com\/\">iGrad<\/a> personalizes financial information for each student\u2019s situation and needs. Topics include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Financial Health &amp; Wealth Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smart Spending<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student Loans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Banking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit Cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit Bureau Reporting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identity Theft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Your Paycheck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Default Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Default is a legal term used when a borrower fails to repay a loan according to the terms of the signed promissory note. Defaulting on your student loan has serious consequences and is a situation that everyone should try to avoid. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iontuition.com\/\">IonTuition<\/a>, a third-party vendor, is here to help students make, and act on, smart borrowing and repayment choices. They can also assist with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Counseling &amp; guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helping students recover from defaulting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iontuition.com\/faq\/\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about financial life skills, please email <a href=\"mailto:sfs@queens.edu\" title=\"\">sfs@queens.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial life skills, otherwise known as financial literacy, is the ability to understand and use various financial skills, including banking, budgeting, and investing. All Things Financial Queens has partnered with iGrad, a third-party vendor, to provide students with the tools for building a better understanding of matters related to finance and money. iGrad personalizes financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_with-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189,"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/afford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}