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.
Interview with Alejandra Kindelán on Espejo Público
In this interview on Antena 3’s Espejo Público, our President discusses various current affairs topics related to #banking. In her remarks, Kindelán highlighted Spain’s business fabric as a creator of wealth and a driver of the Spanish economy. She also addressed banks’ results and the new parity law announced by the Government. In this regard, she explains the importance of focusing on training to promote women’s presence in positions of responsibility.
Interview with the AEB President at the El Español-Invertia Finance Observatory
In this interview with El Español and Invertia, our President explains the measures implemented by banks to improve personalized service for #seniors, as well as those adopted to assist mortgage clients with liquidity issues. She also reviews other current affairs, such as the new tax on the banking sector and the Financial Customer Defense Authority.
“Women in banking: they have a lot to say”
Women with very different professional profiles share their personal experiences in the banking sector. They talk about the work they do at their institutions, the reasons why they chose this sector to develop their careers, and why they believe new generations should choose banking to showcase their talents. They have a lot to say about #WomenInBanking. In this video, you can learn about their perspectives on the present and future of women in the banking sector: a diverse field that accommodates many professional profiles, is highly innovative, stays at the forefront of technological tools and processes, and offers the opportunity to contribute to solving society’s greatest challenges.
AEB joins the SERES Foundation
We share the foundational and social objective of the SERES Foundation: to improve the social reality of our country. And SERES, as a meeting point for companies and institutions, allows us to advance towards this objective, states our president, Alejandra Kindelán. The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) has joined the SERES Foundation as part of its commitment to generate value for society and address current social challenges.
AEB and Junior Achievement Conduct Workshops for Teachers at Bank of Spain Branches
We know that “our relationship with money is part of our daily lives, from grandpa’s pocket money to knowing how to distinguish needs from wants.” That is why, in collaboration with the Junior Achievement Foundation, we have organized two workshops at the @Bank of Spain offices in Valladolid and Badajoz with teachers to share initiatives and practices for conveying the importance of #financialeducation to their students, an initiative we now wish to extend to primary school students. These were two very interesting sessions in which we realized the great challenge, but also the great opportunity, that educating young children in this area represents.