Banco Santander S A : Santander recognised as Bank of the Year for Financial Inclusion by The Banker magazine

Banco Santander has a commitment to financially empower 10 million people between 2019 and 2025 through multiple microfinance activities, financial education programmes and other tools that give access to financial services based on three main pillars: access, finance and resilience. One such tool is Superdigital, a 100% digital platform developed using Santander proprietary technology for financial inclusion in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia. This mobile platform enables the unbanked and underserved to access financial services and products, make cash deposits, withdrawals and payments, and receive credit.

The Banker has also acknowledged Santander's tailored solutions to people with less access to credit, as we also aim to foster social mobility by helping low-income and underbanked entrepreneurs set up and grow their businesses through microfinance programmes in eight countries in Latin America. A large part of its lending (72% in 2021) goes to women, who are less likely to have access to financial services in developing countries.