The Road to Financial Success
Personal Finance Toolkit for the Next Generation
Who we are?
Eliora Education, a social enterprise blending FinTech and EdTech to overcome barriers to financial literacy for young people. Founded by Mario Fischel, retired World Bank manager of financial advisory services and creator of the Financial Times’ Road to Riches game.
What is our vision?
To make personal finance accessible for all, especially young people from less-advantaged backgrounds, by making it easy, practical and relevant. We simplify personal finance to empower the next generation!
Whom is it for?
Adolescents and young adults who want to learn the basics of personal finance, and educational and financial institutions who support them. We design innovative learning solutions to make finance accessible for all, including those who lack basic knowledge.
The Road to Financial Success has 3 integrated and complementary components:
Smart Finance Simulation
Game-based simulation where players navigate key life stages and experience the consequences of their decisions on their financial well-being.
Interactive Finance Course
A ‘short and sharp’ course that teaches the essential financial concepts and principles young people need to know.
Financial Literacy Assessment
A comprehensive assessment that evaluates both theoretical knowledge and the ability to apply it to real life-like scenarios. Can help validate learning outcomes, demonstrate impact, and support certification.
Personal Finance Course
Financial literacy made easy and accessible for all. This crash course teaches in 8 short and easy lessons the basic principles of personal finance and how to apply them. No unnecessary details, only essential things that everyone should know, explained in clear and simple language!
“This course teaches the basic things I need to know about finance to take ownership of my life!”
Book I: Investing
Book II: Personal Finance Choices
Smart Finance Simulation
An engaging introduction to personal finance allowing players to explore basic principles in a gamified environment, sparking their curiosity to learn more.
Players go through key life stages taking decisions on spending, education, investing, etc., discovering the impact of the choices they made and learning fundamental lessons of finance.
Financial Literacy Assessment
After studying the lessons and practicing the game, students can take the online test to assess where they stand with regard to the required knowledge, fill any gaps, and validate their expertise. The test can be taken in practice mode to reinforce learning and exam mode to prove proficiency.
The test allows students to demonstrate mastery of basic money and financial skills, and sponsors to demonstrate the impact of learning.
Achievements and Partnerships
Road to Riches is an educational board game for use at home and in classrooms in which players compete against one another to lay the foundations for a successful future by making savvy financial and life decisions.
Created in partnership with teachers and Financial Times experts, Road To Riches has been successfully used in 1,400 schools and colleges worldwide, promoting basic knowledge and interest in finance for over 28,000 students. The average satisfaction rating is 4.8 out of 5.
“It was great to learn how finance works in real life in a fun and engaging way!”
Watch these short clips if you want to know more about Road to Riches:
Benefits for Partners
We design customized products to support:
- CSR efforts of financial institutions who want to engage the next generation of customers and demonstrate their commitment to consumer education.
- Educational institutions who want to attract new students to finance, including those from less-advantaged backgrounds, by offering introductory classes and certification programs.
- Non-profit organizations who promote financial literacy and inclusion, and seek to demonstrate impact of their programs through broad outreach and systematic progress assessment.
If you’d like to know more about our activities and explore how we can support your CSR and financial education efforts, please send inquiries to:
