Banco Santander S A : Santander volunteers hold a financial education workshop at Seville II prison

Manuel de la Cruz, regional head of Banco Santander in Andalusia, has delivered the second training session, which forms part of the "Finance for Mortals - Educational Justice" programme, developed in collaboration with the General Secretariat for Penitentiary Institutions, in coordination with the Santander Financial Institute.

These workshops, which promote the financial inclusion of men and women in custody, have been held at five prisons in Spain so far and will be rolled out to various provinces around the country over the coming weeks.

Seville, 17 November 2021.
Manuel de la Cruz, head of Banco Santander in Andalusia, together with volunteers Juan Jurado and Carmen Fernández (the latter is a Santander branch manager), held a financial education workshop entitled "Finance for Mortals - Educational Justice". This programme is run by Santander together with the General Secretariat for Penitentiary Institutions, with the collaboration of the University of Cantabria Foundation for Studies and Research in the Financial Sector (UCEIF) through the Santander Financial Institute (SANFI), which coordinates the "Finance for Mortals " programme.

Following the success of these two-day workshops at prisons including Burgos, Picassent (Valencia), Teixeiro (A Coruña), El Dueso (Cantabria), Ocaña (Toledo) and Madrid (Alcalá-Meco), attended by more than 150 participants, the programme will be rolled out to other centres over the coming weeks.

The aim is to facilitate basic financial education for the inclusion of men and women in custody. Attendees will acquire sufficient economic and financial knowledge to enable them to take personal and family decisions on their day-to-day finances in a responsible and informed manner.

For Banco Santander, "this is an inclusive project that forms part of our commitment to financial inclusion in every country where we operate. Our aim is to ensure that anyone in a financially vulnerable situation may acquire the knowledge they need on current financial culture. This will help them to take the best decisions on how to administer and protect their resources."