FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)
October 08, 2007
Banamex Organizes First National Financial Education Encounter
Mexico City – Today the First National Financial Education Encounter called, “Decisiones de Pe$o” (Weigh Decisions / Ca$h Decisions) will be held. Banamex, a pioneer and leading institution related to financial education in Mexico, organized this academic event during the third anniversary of “Saber Cuenta” (Knowing Counts), an initiative of Educacion Financiera Banamex.
The Encounter will take place today and tomorrow at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, and will have over 1,500 guests from various productive and social sectors in the country, located in diverse regions nationwide.
Loreto Garcia Muriel, Director of Educación Financiera Banamex and organizer of the event underscored: “Three years after this effort began in Banamex, we are pleased to witness that the financial culture has turned into a priority topic on the national’s education agenda. Just yesterday this was an almost unexplored topic in Mexico, and today we can see, with great pleasure, that several public and private institutions have joined us in this quest. We wish to welcome all the attendees to this Encounter – this task can only be efficiently achieved with the support and efforts undertaken by all of us. We wish to thank in particular our strategic partners. Their invaluable contributions have allowed all this effort to be worthwhile, multiplying the social impact of the program.”
The Encounter’s agenda is organized around those areas where financial education has a greater impact such as: the educational, entrepreneurial, family related, financial, media and social.
Each panel will include the participation of speakers representing top public and private education institutions in the country, leading companies, media, civil and social organizations, and members of the executive and legislative branches of government.
Today financial and social topics will be addressed. The key note speakers of this first day will be Alfredo Harp Helú, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Financiero Banamex and Enrique Zorrilla Fullaondo, CEO of Banco Nacional de México. To conclude today’s session, the following will be closing note speakers: Roberto Hernandez Ramirez, Chairman of the Board of Banco Nacional de México; the historian Enrique Krauze, Director of the publishing house Clío; and Alberto Gomez Alcala, Executive Director of Economic, Social, and Political Studies of Banamex. They will introduce the book co-edited by Editorial Clío and Educación Financiera Banamex entitled “Mi propio negocio” (My own Business).
Tomorrow we will be honored with the participation of the First Lady Margarita Zavala, wife of the Mexican President; the Ph.D. Guillermo Ortiz Martinez, Governor of the Central Bank (Banco de Mexico); Ph.D. Alejandro Werner, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance SHCP; and Mr. Manuel Medina-Mora, President and CEO of Grupo Financiero Banamex, who will be the host of the event. After their speeches, the topics to be addressed throughout the day will be education, family, media, and entrepreneurship. Josefina Vazquez Mota, Secretary of Public Education and Daniel Servitje, CEO of Grupo Bimbo, will be our keynote speakers.
To conclude, Miguel Mancera, former governor of the Central Bank, (Banco de México); Pablo Aveleyra, former Director of Economic, Social and Political Studies of Banamex; and Augusto Escalante, CEO of Banamex Cards, will introduce the Board Game “Decisiones de Pe$o.”
Educación Financiera Banamex has benefited 1.2 million people during these past three years of activities, including children, youngsters, and adults, by means of 76 different programs, and with the collaboration of four strategic partners of the public and private sectors. To date, more than 1,200 volunteers of Banamex’s active and retired personnel have participated in this effort. Educational tools have been produced and fined turned, and are presently available to be used by over 20 million people. Saber Cuenta is present in Mexico City, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Sinaloa and Yucatan. In upcoming years the coverage will be expanded to the main regions throughout the country.
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Grupo Financiero Banamex
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