Welcome to Stage 1: Build Your Financial Foundation
Welcome to Stage 1!
How to Use the MyFinLit Learning Platform
MODULE 1: Personal Finance Fundamentals
1.1 What Personal Finance Really Means
1.2 What Amount of Money Can I Really Use?
1.3 Where is my Money Going?
1.4 Debt Traps and How to Avoid them
1.5 Create a Simple Money Structure
1.6 Build Habits That Grow Your Future Wealth
Module 1 – Knowledge Check
MODULE 2: Banking, Accounts & Financial Services
2.1 Choose a Bank That Fits Your Life
2.2 Account Types and How to Use Them: Checking and Savings Accounts
2.3 How to Read a Bank Statement
2.4 Use Digital Banking and Payment Apps Safely
2.5 Spot the Scam
2.6 Set Up Banking for Financial Independence
Module 2 – Knowledge Check
MODULE 3: Budgeting & Cashflow Management
3.1 What is Budgeting and Why Care?
3.2 Understand Your Cashflow Before It Creates Stress
3.3 Find the Budgeting Method That Works for You
3.4 The Non-Negotiable Skill: Tracking Spending
3.5 Avoid Budgeting Pitfalls That Break Your Plan
3.6 Budgeting as Phase 1 of Financial Independence
Module 3 – Knowledge Check
MODULE 4: Saving, Emergency Funds & Goal Setting
4.1 How Saving Creates Options
4.2 Break the Barriers That Keep You From Saving
4.3 Build your Emergency Fund Step by Step
4.4 Turn a Savings Wish Into a SMART Goal
4.5 Automate Your Savings System
4.6 Choose Your Savings Path
Module 4 – Knowledge Check
Module 5: Financial Products
5.1 What Are Financial Products?
5.2 Comparing Financial Products
Module 5 – Knowledge Check
Module 6: Fraud, Scams, & Cybersecurity
6.1 What Is Financial Fraud and Why it Matters
6.2 Red Flags of Scams
6.3 Real-Life Fraud Examples and How to React
6.4 Fraud & Financial Independence
Module 6 – Knowledge Check
Your Next Step: Stage 2
Your Next Step: Stage 2