Visa to offer financial learning to millions

Visa Inc, the global card payment services company, plans to provide financial education and services to over 5 million poverty-stricken people in Northeast China, to raise their level of financial knowledge.

It will partner with China Foundation for Development of Financial Education to build China Financial Inclusion and Education International Demonstration Zones over the next three years, in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

The focus will be education for the rural population, and improving knowledge within local financial service providers.