More than a thousand students between the ages of 13 and 15 from 87 schools across Spain tested their knowledge in the national final of the financial education competition, which took place on April 13 via the Internet as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.
Galo Aguirre, a student from Colegio Los Robles in Asturias, won the gold medal in the competition, which was held electronically for the second year in a row. Verónica Fernández and José Pérez, both students from the IES Mercurio school in Ciudad Real, took second and third place on the podium, respectively.
Two of the winners of the national competition organized by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and its Foundation, in collaboration with Junior Achievement, represented Spain in the European final of the European Money Quiz (EMQ) on April 20, where they competed against students from 28 European countries.
As in 2020, instead of the usual in-person competition in Brussels, an interactive online event was held, joined by national winners from other European countries. Students from Hungary, Ireland, and Slovakia emerged victorious in the EMQ.
Contestants tested their knowledge of personal finance through a simultaneous game on the ‘Kahoot’ online platform, which focused on four main topics: money and transactions, planning and managing finances, risk and reward, and the current financial context.
The competition’s educational content aligns with OECD guidelines and with the basic financial skills and knowledge so that young people can make informed financial decisions and develop healthy financial habits that are essential at every stage of life.
Launched in 2017, the European Money Quiz (EMQ), organised by the European Banking Federation (EBF), is Europe’s most widely recognised financial skills competition, promoting financial education through national banking associations in Europe, including AEB.
