The AFCPE Blog is designed to provide new and insightful personal finance information for financial professionals – information that can be shared with both clients and consumers and provides new insights into education and practice.
AFCPE Membership Spotlight: Jen Hemphill, AFC®
#IamAFCPE, Military, Financial Education
Jen Hemphill is a mom, wife, mentor, money coach and entrepreneur. She is passionate about teaching busy, go-getter women how to effectively use their money as a tool to live their best life. This...
A Military Spouse Perspective: Pursuing a Career as a Financial Counselor
Military, General
My early financial education was given to me by my parents, sort of unintentionally and mostly from observation. As I grew up and became an adult, I learned some better financial practices from...
The Power of Financial Counseling & Education
Military, Saving, Financial Education
As America Saves & Military Saves Week come to an end, we share a story that reminds us of the power of financial counseling and education. Recently, a soon-to-retire service member came to...
Loose Change: An Unexpected Path to Savings Success
Military, General, Saving, Financial Education
Forgotten Money Turns to Savings Whether a jar, a tray or a drawer, we all have a place where our loose change accumulates. Just sitting in these forgotten places, our loose change grows, but it...
AFCPE® Op Ed: A response to “Why Service Members Should Receive Financial Literacy Training”
Military, General, Financial Education
[caption id="attachment_613" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Gordon, from www.taskandpurpose.com[/caption] Marissa Cruz wrote an important article,...