Over 60,000 students receive financial education from banking employee volunteers
More than 60,000 secondary school students have received financial education through ‘Your Finances, Your Future’, a program promoted by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and its Foundation, in collaboration with the Junior Achievement Foundation, which is now in its ninth edition and is deployed in classrooms at educational centers throughout Spain. This program is the result of the long-term commitment of AEB and its member banks to awaken in young people the importance of financial education in their lives and of continuous training in this area, for proper decision-making and the development of skills that foster responsible and healthy financial behaviors.
Savings and youth-focused initiatives concentrate queries on the ‘Financial and Digital Classroom’
The first year of operation of the ‘Financial and Digital Classroom’, the training platform promoted by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), CECA and the National Union of Credit Cooperatives (Unacc), shows that initiatives related to savings and those aimed at young people and adolescents generate the greatest interest among website visitors.
Madrid City Council and AEB join forces to promote cybersecurity and financial education
The Madrid City Council and the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and its Foundation have reached a collaboration agreement to promote financial and digital education for citizens, and to foster training in cybersecurity. The Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and the President of the AEB and its Foundation, Alejandra Kindelán, have signed this agreement, which includes the transfer of AEB audiovisual content to the City Council and strengthens collaboration between the parties.
AEB, CECA and Unacc awarded for ‘Aula Financiera y Digital’ and their commitment to financial education
The Spanish Banking Association (AEB), CECA and the National Union of Credit Cooperatives (Unacc) have received the “Finanzas Para Todos” award for best trajectory in the development of the Financial Education Plan for the ‘Aula Financiera y Digital’ initiative. This award, granted by the Bank of Spain, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, is a recognition of the Spanish banking sector’s commitment to the financial and digital education of society.
More than 6,300 students receive financial education from banking volunteers
More than 6,300 secondary school students have received financial education in the eighth edition of ‘Your finances, your future’, a program promoted by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and its Foundation, in collaboration with the Junior Achievement Foundation, which takes place in secondary school classrooms throughout the national territory. A total of 563 volunteers from 18 banking entities have delivered workshops, both in person and online, during this 2021/22 academic year to students from 146 educational centers in 35 Spanish provinces, contributing to the development of healthy financial habits in adolescents.
The banking sector presents a platform to promote financial and digital education
The Spanish Banking Association (AEB), CECA and the National Union of Credit Cooperatives (UNACC) have presented today the new web platform “Aula Financiera y Digital”. This website is created with the objective of facilitating access to the knowledge and skills that enable all individuals to make decisions about their finances with a greater degree of information, operate in all available environments and channels, and leverage the available tools to improve their financial health.
More than 1,800 students take part in the national financial education final
More than 1,800 students aged 13 to 15 from 75 schools across Spain have tested their knowledge in the National Final of the financial education competition, organised by the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and the AEB Foundation. This national final forms part of the international European Money Quiz (EMQ), convened by the European Banking Federation (EBF).
More than 1,700 students participate in the national financial education final
More than a thousand students between the ages of 13 and 15 from 87 schools across Spain tested their knowledge in the national final of the financial education competition, which took place on April 13 via the Internet as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.
Over 4,900 students receive online financial education thanks to banking employee volunteers
The 426 banking volunteers who have delivered these virtual workshops for adolescents from 122 schools in 33 provinces have reaffirmed, once again, their commitment to promoting the development of healthy financial habits among young people for making everyday decisions in the future.
Financial education: key to everyday decision-making
The President of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), José María Roldán, reaffirmed the institutions’ commitment to promoting financial education during the second edition of the Federico Prades Award, granted to economist Verónica Frisancho for her work on financial education taught in schools and its benefits for students, teachers and their families.