It’s no secret that many Filipinos, especially those living in far-flung areas in the provinces, are living below the poverty line. This is often worsened by the need to take on toxic personal debts, usually from loan sharks, which perpetuates a crazy cycle of poverty and ever-increasing debts.
One of the biggest reasons for this is financial illiteracy and inability to access basic financial products and services. Lack of knowledge prevents many Filipinos from managing their finances well while lack of access to the financial system forces them to settle for usurious debts from loan sharks.
Oxfam Pilipinas and Paymaya executives together with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ Pia Bernadette Roman-Tayag
How do I get out of debt? Why did Albert Einstein say compound interest is the greatest invention? Does anyone still care about crypto and bitcoin? Wonder no more. We listed common questions from family and friends, Facebook groups, and jeepney convos. And we asked the country’s best and brightest financial gurus to answer them for you!
Whether you’re a newbie or seasoned investor, you’ll find fresh insights from timeless – if clueless – questions about money matters. Just as important, our financial gurus give you the answers with engaging wit and humor.
Today is the best day to claim abundance and find the right answers to your money questions. Today is the best day to take that first step to becoming rich in all areas of life. The more you have, the more you can give money, and the more you can give yourself to others.
Money Trouble Shooters Book Launch!
Edited by me, Burn Gutierrez, CPFI and fellow financial literacy advocate Rienzie Biolena, RFP, our publisher Pagejump Media has organized a book launch for our long overdue FAQ guide book about personal finance, investing, and business on June 8 at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2.
Catch our other contributing authors like Fitz Villafuerte, Seph Romana, Carissa Patag, Nikki Yu, Dr. Alvin Ang, Ronald Cagape, Laurent Dionisio, Paulo Tibig, Allan Ngo, Edmund Lao, Atty. Terence Camua, Don Crisostomo, Tanya Ilmedo-Espinueva, and Alvin Tabañag as they share their expertise about money management and get to have your book copy signed by them as well!
Also happening during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2 (OFE2) is the book launch of our friend Anne Quintos‘ student edition of AbroadME. The book aims to help Filipinos get a chance to study in other countries.
Wrapping up the Expo is the 2019 Angat Pilipinas Awards. This year’s edition of the Awards Night will recognize its partners, students, teachers, and volunteers who have worked with the organization and have brought great impact in bringing financial literacy to the grassroots level.
See the program schedule below.
Join us at the book launch of Money Trouble Shooters and AbroadMe during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2.
Many Filipinos have been desperately calling the government to help low-income people work their way out of poverty by stamping out corruption, lowering the prices of basic commodities, increasing the salaries, reducing taxes, beating inflation, and teaching financial literacy.
