Business Centre - canada.com network: "The curriculum, for students in kindergarten through high school, emphasizes good spending and savings techniques as well as credit management and charitable giving.

'It's aimed at making the world simple and transparent to day-to-day consumers,' Banga said.

The bank already has begun making grants to community groups to help them put the curriculum into use, Banga said. "

"One of the program's first projects is a Financial Education Challenge at a youth website run by Do Something. Participants can study the Citi curriculum at www.dosomething.org, then sign on to play an online game managing an imaginary $1,000 over a 10-day period. "