The Spanish Institute of Banking and Finance (IEBF) is an initiative of CUNEF University and the AEB Foundation that fosters the exchange of knowledge and ideas on the present and future of the financial sector.
The IEBF is an alliance between the academic world, researchers affiliated with financial institutions, and professionals, aiming to contribute to closing the gap between academic thought and practical applications.
Its mission is structured as a think tank from which to disseminate knowledge of interest to businesses and society, always with the rigor of academic research.
To this end, it periodically conducts analyses on current topics and organizes seminars, dialogue tables, and debate forums, most notably the ‘Banking Lab’—a space for reflection on relevant issues for the banking sector that has become a benchmark since its creation in 2018. Likewise, the IEBF promotes technical reports, working papers, and technical notes.
“There are 300 billion euros of Europeans’ savings outside the EU. We have to invest them here”
Alejandra Kindelán faces her second term at the helm of the Spanish Banking Association with a message that, far from sticking to the employers’ balance sheet, goes fully into the founding premise of the financial institutions themselves: Europe cannot finance its future if its savings end up working outside the continent.
“The best way to advance financial education is to have some mandatory hours in schools.”
The president of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) believes that the lack of financial knowledge is a problem for society and argues that “the more we know about how to manage our finances, the less manipulable we are”.
