Financial Education Push Launched for U.S. Troops

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12 September 2006 at 10:20 a.m. ET

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By Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters

A campaign to teach U.S. troops how to manage their money and not get fleeced by financial predators was launched by regulators on Thursday.

The NASD Investor Education Foundation kicked off a multi-million-dollar training and promotion effort that targets military service members and their spouses.

The campaign follows recent scandals in which a few financial firms were accused of exploiting troops headed for Iraq with deceptive loans, investments and life insurance.

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