AEB Foundation launches the second edition of the Alcanza Awards
The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) Foundation has launched the second edition of its Alcanza Awards to bring society tools that help improve financial well-being and face everyday life with greater preparedness and confidence. This call for entries continues to focus on groups that need special support and reinforces the Foundation’s commitment to inclusion and digitalisation.
The banking sector confirms progress in financial inclusion, reaching 99.3% of the population
The Spanish Banking Association (AEB), CECA, and the National Union of Credit Cooperatives (Unacc) have held a meeting with the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo, which was also attended by representatives of financial users, senior citizens’ groups, and people with disabilities, along with the Bank of Spain and the Ombudsman. Within this framework, the banking associations were able to demonstrate the improvement in financial inclusion, thanks to the measures implemented by the sector.
More than 2,000 people to receive digital banking training from the AEB Foundation and Somos Digital
The president of the Spanish Banking Association and the AEB Foundation, Alejandra Kindelán, and the president of the Somos Digital Association, Antonio Ibáñez, participated in the ‘Digital Banking Towards Inclusion’ conference, organized for Financial Education Day; accompanied by the director general of the ‘Fernando de los Ríos’ Consortium, Juan Luis Cruz; the vice president and deputy for Social Innovation and Depopulation of the Provincial Council of Málaga, Antonia Ledesma; and the delegate of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía, Patricia Navarro Pérez.
The banking sector confirms progress in its social commitment
AEB, CECA, and Unacc held a meeting today at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation to monitor the various protocols developed over the last year and a half. All share the same objective and reflect a clear sector-wide vocation: to strengthen the social and sustainable commitment of banking to help address the challenges we face as a society, such as the impact of digitalization, depopulation, or the effects of rising interest rates.
Over 4,700 seniors trained in digital skills with Expertclick
Expertclick, the free training program in new technologies for seniors developed by Fundación Cibervoluntarios and Fundación de la Asociación Española de Banca (AEB), with support from the Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda, launches its fifth edition with new courses.
Me Apptualizo Launches: Digital Training Programme for Over-60s
The EmancipaTIC association and AEB Foundation, part of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), are launching ‘Me Apptualizo’, a free digital training programme for people over 60 residing in Madrid. More than 1,050 beneficiaries will receive training through free programmes to be delivered between February and May 2023 at Madrid City Council senior centres.
The banking sector presents its progress in serving seniors and rural Spain
The banking associations have detailed the extensive range of measures adopted by the sector to improve service for individuals over 65 years of age and persons with disabilities, at the meeting held today with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain, as well as consumer and senior associations, also attended the meeting.
Launch of ‘Conectando mayores’, a digital literacy school by SECOT and AEB
The Spanish Seniors Association for Technical Cooperation (SECOT) and the AEB Foundation, of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), are launching ‘Conectando mayores’, a training program in the use of new technologies for people over 60 residing in urban and rural areas.
Over 3,300 seniors learn new technologies in Expertclick workshops
Expertclick, the digital school of the Cibervoluntarios Foundation and the Spanish Banking Association (AEB) Foundation, has trained over 3,300 people aged 55 and over residing in rural areas across Spain in the use of technological tools, applications, and services since its launch in 2018.
Banks strengthen personalised service for older people with new measures
With the aim of helping to accelerate progress toward an inclusive economy and ensuring no group is left underserved, the banking associations AEB, CECA, and Unacc have agreed on a ten-point plan of measures to make short-term progress in personalized service for the provision of financial services to the senior segment and those with different abilities, who require special attention.