The Bank in My School

With the purpose of creating a more informed generation that can make conscious decisions, we joined the Financial Education Project – No Banco da Minha Escola, a financial literacy initiative, by the Portuguese Banking Association and its associates, this aimed at 3rd cycle and secondary school students.

We bring students and teachers together and help them learn about and understand topics such as budget planning and management, the banking products and services that exist or the behaviors to adopt to prevent online fraud.

In the 1st edition of “No Banco da Minha Escola” three themes were covered:

• 1st period - Family Budget Planning and Management: understand what income and expense are, how to make a budget and how to manage a budget balance.

• 2nd Period – Financial System – Banking Products and Services: deepen the functioning of the financial system and learn about some essential banking products, such as credit, deposits, payment methods and insurance.

• 3rd Period – Online Security: identify the different types of online fraud and adopt the most appropriate and safe behaviors to prevent them.

We attended with our employees around 380 students at 3 schools in Portugal. 

With this initiative, the Portuguese Banking Association and the group of 14 banks that joined this project promoted around 200 financial literacy sessions in more than 50 schools and impacted more than 3,800 students nationwide.

See the list of participating schools here.

For more information, please visit the APB website.