Protect yourself: preventing fraud is in your hands (1)
If you receive a text message or an email with an alert about your bank account, do not click the link or share your access codes. And if you receive a phone call, do not provide personal information and hang up. The Spanish Banking Association (AEB), CECA, the National Union of Credit Cooperatives (Unacc), the National Association of Financial Credit Institutions (ASNEF), the National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe), the Civil Guard and the National Police have launched a cybersecurity awareness campaign with the aim of strengthening everyone’s digital security. Protecting against cyberattacks is a shared responsibility between the bank and the customer.
Presentation of ‘My Digital Banking: Easy and Secure’ in Malaga
In collaboration with the Somos Digital Association, we have launched the ‘My Digital Banking: Easy and Secure’ project, an initiative aimed at improving people’s quality of life and facilitating their inclusion in an increasingly digitalized world. Through various free in-person and online workshops, we aim for adults of all ages to gain confidence and autonomy in interacting with online banking.
Kindelán proposes measures to boost European strategic autonomy
Our chairwoman, Alejandra Kindelán, explains the importance of the banking sector in boosting European strategic autonomy and avoiding the region’s critical dependencies on certain supplies and providers within the current geopolitical context.
Leading experts discuss the digital euro
Under the title ‘From Intentions to Reality’, public and private sector experts analyze the main challenges facing the future implementation of the digital euro, during a session of the ‘Banking Lab’, promoted by the Spanish Institute of Banking and Finance.
The General Director of AEB, María Abascal, moderated the session, which featured the participation of Carlos Cuerpo, Secretary General of the Treasury and International Finance; Juan Ayuso, General Director of Operations, Markets, and Payment Systems at the Bank of Spain; María Ruiz Andújar, Head of Strategy and Business Development for Global Cards and Digital Solutions at Santander; and Santiago Fernández de Lis, Head of Regulation at BBVA.
Alejandra Kindelán explains the improvement in banking services for the elderly at the Ageingnomics forum
Alejandra Kindelán, President of AEB, participated in the event ‘Seniors facing the digital divide’, organised by the Ageingnomics Research Centre of Fundación Mapfre, where she explained some of the measures implemented by the sector to improve the inclusion of older people in the digital world.
Onur Genç (BBVA) and Alejandra Kindelán (AEB): Banks in the Fight Against Climate Change
BBVA CEO Onur Genç and our President, Alejandra Kindelán, explain how financial institutions assist companies in the economy’s green transition, during their address at the 18th IESE Banking Conference.
Discover Ignasi and Diego’s experience at the European financial education final at EMQ23
For the first time since 2020, students from 28 European countries traveled to Brussels to participate in a closely contested 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. Here they share their experience!
Finresp Annual Meeting: The Role of Banks in the Green Transformation of the Economy
Margarita Delgado, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain, and Carlos Torres, Chairman of BBVA, spoke with Alejandra Kindelán, our President, at the Finresp annual meeting about the present and future of sustainable finance and the role of banks in the transition toward a decarbonized economy. In addition, we had the opportunity to speak with Raquel Azcárraga from Bankinter, Antoni Ballabriga from BBVA, Carmen Ferrero from ING, Elena Carrera from Banco Sabadell, María García Cabeza from ABANCA, and Lara de Mesa from Banco Santander, who explained the various sustainability initiatives they are driving from their institutions.
Alejandra Kindelán inaugurates the 9th edition of ‘Your finances, your future’: financial education in schools
Our president has volunteered at the IES Conde de Orgaz to teach the financial education program developed by the association and the Junior Achievement Foundation in classrooms. Every year, bank employee volunteers visit schools across Spain to help secondary school students develop healthy financial habits.
Interview with the AEB President on Telemadrid
Our President discusses in this Telemadrid interview the numerous improvements adopted by the banking sector to enhance personalised service for senior citizens. She also explains that banks guarantee the maintenance of passbooks for those over 65 years of age. In the interview, Kindelán addresses various current topics related to banking, such as the agreement reached with the Government to help mortgage customers with liquidity problems meet their repayments whilst preserving the strength of the Spanish mortgage market.