On 7 October, Financial Education Day was held under the slogan Connected to digitalisation. This is the fifth year that the event has been held as part of the Financial Education Plan promoted by the Bank of Spain and the Spanish National Securities Market Commission.
Throughout the day, nearly one hundred activities were organised throughout Spain with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of financial culture in our lives and, in particular, of the advantages and risks that technologies bring to citizens’ financial decisions.
The main event, which took place at the headquarters of the Bank of Spain in Madrid, was attended by the Minister of Economy and Business, Nadia Calviño, the governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos and the Vice-Chairwoman of the CNMV, Ana Martínez-Pina. Also in attendance were the secretary of State for the Economy, Ana de la Cueva, the secretary of State for Education, Alejandro Tiana, and the general secretary for Consumer Affairs, Faustino Blanco.
During the day, the final of the Financial Knowledge Contest was held between the two finalist teams. The winner of this year’s competition was the Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Tafira school (Las Palmas), who got the better of the Sagrado Corazón de Coria school (Cáceres). In addition, the Finance for All prizes were awarded to the Plan’s collaborating entity, CECA-FUNCAS, and the Business Days project of the Colegio Altozano school (Alicante).
At the end of the event, a discussion was held between the students of the finalist teams with the Minister of Economy and Business, the Governor of the Bank of Spain and the Vice-Chairwoman of the CNMV on issues of general economics, financial markets and financial education. The young people raised their concerns about these matters with the participating authorities.
All the information is available on the Financial Education Day website