Banks strengthen personalised service for older people with new measures
We met with the Platform for Older People and Pensioners to convey the banking sector’s commitment to continue improving service for senior citizens through a wide range of measures to strengthen personalised care for this group, which requires special attention. At the meeting, its president, Ángel Rodríguez Castedo, and its secretary general, Miguel Ángel Cabra de Luna, spoke with our Director of Public Policy, María Abascal, and our spokesperson, José Luis Martínez, about the Decalogue for Older People agreed by the three banking associations AEB, CECA and Unacc.
The VIII Edition of ‘Your Finances, Your Future’ Kicks Off
Everything is ready to commence the eighth edition of the financial education program ‘Your Finances, Your Future’, organized by AEB and Fundación AEB, in collaboration with Junior Achievement. Banking employees from 20 entities have already received training as volunteers to visit educational centers where they will introduce economic and financial knowledge to students aged 13 to 15. The program, which for the first time will have a hybrid format, takes place between March and April. These are some of the moments from the training of the volunteers from the Spanish Banking Association.
APIE names José María Roldán an honorary member
Our Chair receives recognition from the Association of Economic Information Journalists at the 2021 Tintero y Secante awards ceremony for facilitating the work of the media.
Seminar organized by APIE and the Menéndez Pelayo International University
Our chairman, José María Roldán, addresses the new challenges of the financial sector in the pandemic economy during the summer course held at the UIMP’s Magdalena Palace in Santander.
Hucha Challenge, the interactive youth competition to reinvent future banking
Here are some of the best moments from Hucha Challenge, the competition designed to shape the future of banking with young people as they tackle various challenges, games, and financial education questions, in a format similar to TV entertainment shows.
Expertclick, the technology school for seniors from the AEB and Cibervoluntarios foundations
Over 2,100 individuals aged 55 and over residing in rural areas have attended Expertclick workshops since its launch in 2018. This technology school offers free training for the use and management of digital tools, applications, and technological services or content related to administrative, health, online banking, or social procedures. It is an initiative that promotes the active participation of older adults in society and, in 2020, was conducted exclusively online due to the health crisis.
CUNEF students present financial education proposals to banking executives
Some 250 CUNEF university students took up the challenge set by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and its Foundation to propose projects to improve the level of financial education in Spain, especially among younger people. Of the nearly 60 proposals developed by these students, ten were shortlisted and were presented on 5 March by 40 students at AEB headquarters to executives from various banks and from the Association itself, who served as the jury to choose the winning project.
Bank employees bring financial education to more than 43,600 students
The sixth edition of its financial education programme “Your finances, your future” is under way, thanks to bank employees who volunteer in schools to introduce economic and financial knowledge to students aged 13 to 15. By the end of this edition, more than 43,600 students at secondary schools across Spain will have benefited from workshops delivered by 3,400 volunteers from the banking sector since the programme began in 2015.
CUNEF students accept the challenge: How can we improve financial literacy in Spain?
Spain ranks at the bottom among European countries in financial literacy. What can we do to help the country overcome this pending issue? This is the challenge we have posed to CUNEF students, who will present their most innovative ideas to banking executives and AEB on 5 March.
Visit of secondary school students to the AEB
We welcomed students from Colegio Aldovea in Madrid to our headquarters to learn about the Association’s role and to discuss the importance of financial education at all stages of life. Our advisor Carmen Rizo gave them eight keys to managing your money.