Learn about what is going on in the Financial World. We all have a general idea of what Finance is, but to make sure we are on the same page, let's let others define Finance for us. Used in this context it is a noun. It can also be used as a verb in which case it is to supply or get money for a project. Of these I like the definition as the management of money.
Finance is the most encompassing of all business enterprises.
To understand finance you must know about the entire business, indeed the entire economy. So for a few minutes lets step back and pretend that we never took economics and are new to this earth. These groups need money to purchase products and services. One way of looking at Finance is that it is getting the money to purchase these goods and services. Many economists assume that households have excess money and corporations need money.