Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sberbank, said that for Sber it is very important to teach people competent financial behavior.
“Sber has 108 million customers, the majority of the country’s adult population. “It is important to teach people how to effectively manage their personal finances, how to navigate a wide range of financial products, how to take their first steps in investing and how to improve their well-being,” he said.
According to Vedyakhin, for this purpose, on March 20, Sber will open the first Financial Literacy Center in Nizhny Novgorod, where employees will hold lectures, seminars and games on financial planning, investment, insurance for children, adults and the elderly. retirement savings and other matters.
“Educational work needs to be strengthened. As practice shows, online channels alone are not enough for this. Yes, Sber has such popular portals as SberSova, Kibrarium, Let’s Save Together, Active Age and other popular educational materials on SberBank Online,” he added Vedyakhin.
He noted that often the most effective format is communicating with people live rather than on a monitor or smartphone screen.
“Therefore, we will open financial literacy centers at Sber facilities in major cities of Russia. We are already developing a program of events for them; We want to make them not only useful, but also exciting for different audiences,” said the first vice chairman of the Sber board of directors.
According to Vedyakhin, not everyone will be able to come to such centers, they will not appear in every settlement, so Sber will train volunteers.
“Volunteers will be able to hold on-site lectures and seminars for school children, students and business employees to further expand the scope of financial literacy activities. I must emphasize that all this is very important not only for everyone living in Sber and Russia, but also for the sustainable development of the country as a whole,” Vedyakhin concluded.
He emphasized that almost 400 Sber employees have already expressed their desire to teach financial literacy to others.
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Source: Gazeta
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