Financial Education
Financial education allows financial consumers and investors to improve their understanding of financial products, concepts, and risks and, through information, instruction or objective advice, develop the skills and confidence necessary to become more aware of financial risks and opportunities, to make information-based choices, to know where to seek help and to take other effective actions that improve their financial well-being.
Objectives
- Support financial inclusion by disclosing to the public the conditions of access to minimum banking services including a current deposit account, term account and essential payment services;
- Raising awareness of the importance of saving as a way of empowering families to strengthen their wealth and to cope with unforeseen or occasional expenses;
- Promote and foster responsible financial knowledge and behaviors, in order to allow a better understanding of the information transmitted by entities operating in the financial system and a more appropriate choice of financial products, weighing costs, remuneration and expected returns and, at the same time, the risks of the products;
- Enlightening the citizen about the rights and duties of the bank customer and financial institutions.
- Contributing to the efficiency and soundness of the financial market.
Initiatives
Global Money Week - 2026
The Global Money Week (GMW) is an annual global financial awareness campaign, organized and promoted by the International Financial Education Network of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the main goal of ensuring that children and young people have access to quality financial education, learn about financial issues and become capable of making the right financial decisions for the safety and improvement of their financial well-being, as well as strengthening their financial resilience.
Register your initiative as part of GMW 2026, which will take place from 16 to 22 March, themed
“Smart Money Talks.”
Registration should be completed by filling in the form available here.
World Savings Day
The World Savings Day (WSD) was established in Italy on October 31, 1924, during the first International Congress of Savings Banks, in order to raise public awareness to the importance of savings for the economy of countries and individuals. From said date onwards, the World Savings Day has been celebrated worldwide on October 30, except in countries where that day is a public holiday, for the point is for banks to open-up for people to deposit savings into their accounts.
Workshops and Lectures
The workshops have targeted various groups in order to broaden the dissemination of financial education content. These groups are expected to subsequently facilitate training within their own institutions. This approach makes it possible to reach a larger number of people within the target groups and thus contributes to the nationwide dissemination of financial education.
