Spanish Red Cross and AEB Foundation promote financial and digital literacy
Alejandra Kindelan, chair of the AEB and its Foundation, and Asunción Montero, secretary general of the Red Cross, have signed a collaboration agreement to carry out projects and activities that promote financial education and digital training for various groups.
Alejandra Kindelán: “200,000 people will have access to financial services in rural areas in just over a year”
Our chairwoman, Alejandra Kindelán, explained today the progress made by the banking sector to strengthen financial inclusion throughout Spain. “200,000 people will have access to financial services in rural areas in just over a year.” During her speech at the ’30th Financial Meeting’ organized by Deloitte and ABC, she shared some preliminary data from the status report of the ‘roadmap’ signed a year ago by the three banking associations (AEB, CECA, and Unacc).
Women in Banking is established as an association
Our Chairwoman, Alejandra Kindelán, will serve as honorary president of this network of professionals, who work to give visibility and promote female talent in the banking sector.
The Spanish Banking Association takes part in Fundación Telefónica’s Reconectados project
Our Chair, Alejandra Kindelán, is taking part in the presentation of the Reconectados project, which will include financial education and cybersecurity content from the Spanish Banking Association.
One hundred students speak with Alejandra Kindelán and Ángel Rivera
During financial education week, the chairwoman of the Spanish Banking Association, Alejandra Kindelán, and the CEO of Santander Spain, Ángel Rivera, held a meeting with one hundred secondary school students at Cunef University.
More than 2,000 people to receive digital banking training from the AEB Foundation and Somos Digital
The president of the Spanish Banking Association and the AEB Foundation, Alejandra Kindelán, and the president of the Somos Digital Association, Antonio Ibáñez, participated in the ‘Digital Banking Towards Inclusion’ conference, organized for Financial Education Day; accompanied by the director general of the ‘Fernando de los Ríos’ Consortium, Juan Luis Cruz; the vice president and deputy for Social Innovation and Depopulation of the Provincial Council of Málaga, Antonia Ledesma; and the delegate of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía, Patricia Navarro Pérez.
AEB Foundation and Somos Digital facilitate the use of digital banking
The president of the Spanish Banking Association and the AEB Foundation, Alejandra Kindelán, and the president of the Somos Digital Association and Director of Telecommunications and Digital Administration of Castilla y León, Antonio Ibáñez, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote the use of secure digital banking. More than 2,000 users will receive training in digital skills through free in-person and online workshops as part of the joint project ‘My Digital Banking: easy and secure’.
The financial sector in the Spanish economy

Alejandra Kindelán, President of the AEB, speaks at the seminar organised by the Association of Economic Information Journalists (APIE) and the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) on ‘the economy in democracy: from the transition to the pandemic crisis’.
SECOT Excellence Awards Ceremony

Our President, Alejandra Kindelán, attends the SECOT awards ceremony for entrepreneurs. This organization, in collaboration with the AEB Foundation, promotes the digital training program ‘Connecting Seniors’ to help individuals over 65 leverage the benefits of new technologies and enhance their daily lives.
Ignasi and Diego represent Spain in the European financial education final EMQ23

For the first time since 2020, students from 28 European countries traveled to Brussels to participate in a highly competitive final that ended with the Greek team being crowned as winners. This event, which brings together students aged 13 to 15 to test their knowledge of financial education and promote healthy financial habits, is an international benchmark in which the winners of the national finals from European countries participate. Ignasi and Diego represented Spain in the EMQ23 competition that took place on May 16.