[legerdemain]

Sure, but financial literacy programs targeting the poor are always scams (offered as a hurdle on the road to obtaining basic benefits). Investment opportunities targeting the poor are also always scams (like huckster workshops about flipping houses for profit or blowing money on risky investments). Financial services targeting the poor are usually scams (e.g., the recently deregulated payday loan "industry").

I am reminded of working with poor clients when some consumer bank in the US started offering a "financial health" program, wherein they would round up every card purchase to the next dollar, deposit that fraction of a dollar into a savings account, and then match it for you up to $100 a month.

All the other counselors at our org were super excited to tell our clients about this: "It's free money from your bank! You just got to start making a lot more transactions on your card to earn out the full $100!"