Alcanza Awards: projects that transform lives through education and technology
The first edition of the Alcanza Awards has left us with unforgettable moments. With these awards, we recognize projects from non-profit organizations that are transforming people’s lives.
From the Spanish Banking Association Foundation, we support financial education and digital training initiatives that help develop key skills for navigating today’s world. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to the jury for their commitment and support for this initiative! We continue to promote projects with real impact that foster inclusion through knowledge.
Financial inclusion reaches 99.4% of the population in Spain
Our Chairwoman Alejandra Kindelán highlights the banking sector’s commitment to financial inclusion, following a meeting of banking associations with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo.
During the meeting, progress in financial inclusion in rural areas was confirmed through the latest measures implemented as part of the banking sector’s ‘Roadmap,’ which have benefited 322,000 people and 889 additional municipalities.
Spain has the second densest branch network in Europe, with nearly 84,000 contact points available to citizens. Furthermore, over 80% of citizens state they have no difficulty accessing banking services and that banking is one of the services that has improved the most in the last year.
We Make Your Life Easier | The Banking Sector With You | Episode 3
You are doing the laundry and, without even realising it, your electricity bill is already paid. Because instant can also be secure. From making your payments easier to streamlining your day-to-day tasks, banks work every day to be by your side, with innovative, secure and accessible solutions that make your life easier. The banking sector, with you. At all times.
Making your life easier | the banking sector with you | Episode 2
That moment when you pay with your mobile and you’re done. Because now, fast is also secure. This is the second episode of our campaign ‘Making your life easier’, an initiative to highlight the essential work carried out by the banking sector, which often goes unnoticed or is taken for granted.
Making your life easier | The banking sector is with you | Episode 1
This is the first episode of our campaign “Making your life easier”, an initiative alongside CECA to highlight the essential work carried out by the banking sector. From facilitating your payments to streamlining your daily transactions, banks work every day to be by your side with innovative, secure, and accessible solutions.
Congratulations to the winners of the Alcanza Awards for non-profit organizations!
The Alcanza Awards ceremony has provided us with unforgettable moments. This is a true milestone in the history of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) Foundation, which recognizes initiatives with a real impact on people’s lives through financial education and digital training.
Kindelán advocates for simplifying banking regulation to boost the economy and business creation
During her speech at the Expansión Forum, the President of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), Alejandra Kindelán, advocated today for simplifying banking regulation to unlock the full capacity of the banking sector to provide financing and thus boost the economy, business creation and project development.
Our meeting on the key role of banking in the future of Europe
Leading figures from the banking sector and authorities addressed the financing and investment needed for Europe’s economic and social progress and agreed that now is the time to commit to growth and competitiveness with swift and effective measures.
Pioneering agreement to promote financial education for people with disabilities
The Foundation of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), UCI Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios, and Fundación Prodis are working together to provide the most vulnerable groups with useful tools for their day-to-day lives. Our alliance demonstrates the banking sector’s commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities. The agreement includes the transfer of educational materials from UCI and Prodis for the AEB Foundation’s volunteer programme, focused on improving personal autonomy and society’s well-being.
Kindelán warns that the banking tax will have a significant negative effect on growth
The president of the Spanish Banking Association, Alejandra Kindelán, has warned that the banking tax will have a significant negative effect on economic growth at a time of geopolitical uncertainty, when Europe needs to compete. “We are talking about very large impacts, not on banks, but on the capacity to finance families and businesses in this country,” she explains in this interview with the 24-hour channel.