Why Financial Education Needs Better Stories, Emily Boxall, 2mins/MicroFact (#1)

Financial education often fails before the lesson begins, because too many people decide the subject is dry, distant, or simply not meant for them.On the first episode of our new podcast series, The Formative Economy, Emily Boxall, Cofounder at 2mins (parent company MicroFact), makes the case for a different approach: one that treats financial education as a design challenge as much as a knowledge challenge.Emily’s central argument is that people are far more likely to engage with money when the material feels approachable, relevant, and human. That idea sits behind 2mins, MicroFact’s bite-sized financial education app, but it also points to a broader opportunity for employers, educators, and institutions trying to improve financial confidence in the real world.Learn more on our website: https://www.beyondencryption.com/blog/financial-education-better-stories