Plynk® and Teach For America Announce Alliance to Support Teachers’ Financial Wellness

Distributed by Business Wire
24th July 2024

Program includes educational webinar to provide knowledge and skills that can help kickstart investing journeys

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Plynk^®, the app designed to simplify investing and help investors grow their knowledge, today announced its alliance with education nonprofit and leadership development organization Teach For America. The new relationship emphasizes the Plynk team’s dedication to enabling financial empowerment, elevating financial knowledge and helping people take charge of their financial journeys.

On June 26, the Plynk team hosted a webinar with Teach For America members called, “Investing in Your Financial Future: Making Money Work for You.” During the interactive session, Plynk associates discussed key investing terms and concepts, as well as tools and tips to start investing. Participants also put their knowledge to work through a demo of the Plynk app, offering the teachers actionable steps they can apply to their own investing journeys.

Commenting on the program, Jared Hubbard, Plynk App Fintech Product Manager and registered associate of Digital Brokerage Services LLC, said: “Our alliance with Teach For America is the latest example of how we, at Plynk, are committed to making investing accessible and refreshingly easy. We’re excited to continue working with a well-respected organization like Teach For America, and we’re honored to be able to help teachers begin or progress their investing journeys.”

Rachel Evans, Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue and Development Officer at Teach For America, said: “We’re grateful for the continued support that Plynk has provided. These tools and resources help us offer more pathways to our corps members who are seeking sustainability – financially and otherwise – within the teaching profession.”

You can access the full webinar recording here. To learn more about the Plynk app, visit plynkinvest.com or download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store today.

About Plynk

Plynk is an app designed to simplify investing and help people grow their knowledge—making it a refreshingly easy way to invest. Created by a team with a passion for empowering investors, the Plynk app makes it easy to get started with an investing experience that’s free of complexity and confusion. The Plynk app offers straightforward language, clear explanations, and just a $1 minimum to invest. Easily navigate and explore the different types of stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and cryptocurrencies you can invest in based on your preferences—all trading is commission-free. (Some fees apply to individual crypto trades).*

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About Teach For America

Teach For America works in partnership with communities across the country to expand educational opportunities for children. Founded in 1990, Teach For America finds, develops, and supports a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate. Today, Teach For America is a force of nearly 70,000 alumni, corps members, Ignite fellows, and staff working in pursuit of profound systemic change so that one day every child has an equal opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled with possibility. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

*Commission-free applies to U.S. equity trades, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Mutual Funds (MFs) for Digital Brokerage Services LLC (DBS) retail clients. Expenses charged by investments, interest charges, or other expenses for transactions still apply. See brokerage fee schedule for details. Separate expenses for crypto apply. See crypto fee schedule for details.

Keep in mind that investing involves risk. The value of your investment will fluctuate over time, and you may gain or lose money. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Stock markets are volatile and can fluctuate significantly in response to company, industry, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Investing in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs involves risks, including the loss of principal.

Plynk and the Plynk logo are trademarks of Digital Brokerage Services LLC.

Cryptocurrencies are volatile and highly speculative, and you may lose the full value of your investment. You should carefully consider your financial circumstances and risk tolerance before trading crypto. None of the legal protections associated with your brokerage account at DBS (such as the Securities Investor Protection Corporation [SIPC]) apply to your crypto assets. Crypto assets are also not protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

The Plynk™ app provides access to two different types of accounts, brokerage and crypto. Brokerage accounts and related information and services are provided by Digital Brokerage Services LLC (DBS), member of FINRA and SIPC, 499 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310. Crypto accounts and related information and services are provided by Paxos Trust Company (Paxos), a New York StateChartered limited liability trust company (NMLS #1766787).

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