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Taking new approaches to money lessons

Banks and businesses are testing creative ways to teach adults and teens to manage their money better

By Todd Wallack

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 22, 2012

Staples recently started featuring vampires on T-shirts, posters, and oversize postcards to promote an online video game called Bite Club, designed to teach people to save money by allowing users to play the role of the owner of a vampire nightclub. The poster reads: “When you’re immortal, retirement is eternal.’’ Bite Club is just one example of how companies, nonprofits, and educators are turning to non-traditional ways to teach adults and students to manage their money.

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