Tech for Money

About this
lesson

Discover how technology is being used in different ways to help us manage our money - from contactless payments to blockchain and crypto currency - and the types of careers within this area.

What will students learn?

• A brief history of money and how technology has changed the way we buy and sell things
• How technology is being used to move towards a cashless society, to better manage money and to protect future finances (pensions and insurance)
• Our role model Lara, an actuary from PwC, explains what she does at work
• What blockchain technology is and how it’s used to transfer money
• How technology is used to make finance sustainable

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