Rhode Island Soccer and the Jump$tart Coalition Partner to Promote Financial Soccer
In honor of the World Cup kickoff, Rhode Island Soccer has partnered with Jump$tart to help promote financial literacy through Financial Soccer, the fast-paced, multiple-choice video game created by Visa. To boost excitement about the game, the group is holding a Financial Soccer competition June 12 from 10:30am – 12pm in North Smithville, Rhode Island. Read more and view a video. Play the game.

Free Visa FIFA World Cup™ Viewing Event at AT&T Park in San Francisco
In celebration of the opening round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, AT&T Park and Visa are hosting a free public viewing event at AT&T Park. The Visa FIFA World Cup™ Viewing Event will take place at AT&T Park on Saturday, June 12. The gates will open at 10:00 a.m. with kickoff of the USA vs. England match at 11:30 a.m. The World Cup action will be shown LIVE on the ballpark’s HD centerfield scoreboard as well as on TVs throughout the ballpark. Read more.

Soccer Stars McBride and Espinoza Team with Visa to Bring Financial Soccer to Chicago Public Schools
As part of an ongoing global financial literacy effort, professional soccer stars Brian McBride and Roger Espinoza joined with Visa Inc., the Illinois State Treasurer's Office and Chicago Public Schools today to introduce a new soccer-themed video game at Clemente Community Academy. The fast-paced game is aimed at teaching students about personal finance. Also present were NYSE Euronext’s CEO and Director Duncan L. Niederauer and Michelle Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education and Financial Access, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Both teamed with McBride and Espinoza to coach students in a lively match of Financial Soccer. Read more. View the video

Visa Launches Financial Football in Asia Pacific
Visa announced the launch of its Financial Football game in China on April 6 featuring famous Chinese football star Xu Yunlong. He competed with two Peking University students from Beijing in a match of Financial Football. Visa cardholders and students in Asia Pacific can now use their knowledge of money management to pass, dribble and score their way to the 2010 FIFA World CupTM with the launch of the Visa Financial Football competition in Asia Pacific. Read more. View the Video.

LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan and Visa Collaborate to Create 'Financial Soccer' – Free, Educational Video Game
Los Angeles Galaxy Captain Landon Donovan returned to the classroom to showcase Visa's FIFA-branded Financial Soccer video game to over 40 Venice High School boys and girls soccer players on March 22, in Los Angeles. See how the teenagers fared playing alongside Donovan in the educational video game developed by Visa, Inc., as part of its global financial literacy effort. Read more. View the Video.

95% of Education Professionals Polled in the UAE Want Financial Literacy Taught in Schools
An overwhelming number of education professionals polled in the UAE believe that basic financial literacy skills are essential for young people today and would like to see the fundamentals of money management taught in schools, according to a recent survey carried out by Visa, the leading payment solutions provider. Read more.

Visa Launches New Financial Literacy Initiative in the Middle East
Visa launched its Financial Soccer educational video game in the Middle East as part of the debut of the new MyMoneySkills website (www.mymoneyskills.me) in both Arabic and English at the Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions 2010 in Dubai. Read more. View the Video.

California's Jack O'Connell and LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan Challenge Students in Financial Soccer
LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell challenged University High School in Los Angeles students to a match of Financial Soccer. See how the young players fared playing alongside Donovan in the educational video game developed by Visa, Inc., as part of its global financial literacy effort. Read more. View the Video.

Visa Rings Opening Bell at NYSE Euronext
To commemorate the launch of Financial Soccer, and a new partnership with NYSE Euronext, Visa inc. CEO and Chairman Joseph W. Saunders, along with NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer and World Cup stars Landon Donovan and Brian McBride, rang today’s Opening Bell. The new partnership is part of Visa’s renewed commitment to reach 20 million people with financial literacy by 2013. View the clip.