Financial Wellness Center

Banzai: Online Financial Wellness Center

Mid Carolina Credit Union is proud to partner with Banzai, the award-winning financial education program used by millions of teachers and students around the country. Now, your family can experience real-world financial lessons in a fun, safe way. MCCU wants to help you and your kids achieve financial success, so we're offering this financial literacy program totally FREE to our members! Banzai is a "learn by doing" program that teaches healthy spending habits, planning ahead, and financial responsibility through online interactive games. It's completely web-based, so there's no need to install any software - you have full access from anywhere, anytime. There are three courses offered for different age groups:

BANZAI JUNIOR (ages 8 - 12) Focuses on income, budgeting, savings, borrowing, and making trade-offs: A child sets out to learn about money by starting a lemonade stand, opening his or her first savings account, and saving for a new bike.

BANZAI TEEN (ages 13 -18) Focuses on rent, credit cards, auto loans, insurance, and taxes: Follow the life of a recently graduated high school student, holding a job, working late hours, and making do with what life sends.

BANZAI PLUS (ages 18 and older) Focuses on credit score, insurance, taxes, mortgages, and identity theft: Tackle adult financial dilemmas, such as maintaining good credit, buying insurance, understanding taxes, and qualifying for a mortgage.

Also included for free is an online Financial Wellness Center, a library with in-depth articles, coach sessions, and calculators to help you master your finances. Topics include budgeting, insurance, retirement, buying a house, taxes, life changes, borrowing and credit, smart living, starting a business, and more! Start having fun while learning about finances online today!

Schools & Educators

Banzai for Schools & Educators

Mid Carolina Credit Union is a strong advocate of financial literacy. We believe that when kids learn about money and saving at a young age, they will grow up to be financially savvy! For this reason, we have partnered with Banzai to offer a FREE financial literacy curriculum to the educators and students in our area’s high schools for FREE. Over 30,000 teachers in all fifty states use Banzai to teach students how to manage their money. Click below to learn more about Banzai's premium online financial literacy program and our community impact.

“April Johnson says...Thank you for providing the workbooks to go along with the digital component for this program. My students have enjoyed having the workbooks as well as the game-like part. Again, thank you for providing this resource.”

— TEACHER FEEDBACK: 3/13/2022 | NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

“Renne Cooke says...Thank you so much for sponsoring this awesome program!”

— TEACHER FEEDBACK: 10/27/2021 | CAMDEN HIGH