Last Thursday, the Directorate of Citizen Attention and Consumer Defense of Concordia took an important step towards the financial inclusion and protection of our senior citizens by holding the “Take Care of Your Money” workshop.
This initiative was made possible thanks to the joint work between the Municipality of Concordia, the Banco de la Nación Argentina, the Provincial Directorate of Consumer Defense and Commercial Loyalty, and the “Plaza Sol” Retirees and Pensioners Center.
The Banco Nación team and Provincial Coordinator Fernán Poidomani provided valuable information on money management, tips for making financial decisions with confidence, rights of financial users, and fraud prevention measures. In addition, practical activities were carried out that allowed attendees to apply what they learned under the guidance of experts.
Gladys Portugal, head of the Third Age Department, expressed her satisfaction with the realization of this initiative, noting that they are a response to the demands of the various Retirees and Pensioners Centers in the city and that work is already underway on the agenda to continue the workshop in other parts of the city given the good turnout and reception obtained.
For his part, the Director of Citizen Attention and Consumer Defense, Guido Di Gioia, stressed that this workshop is only the beginning of a series of training sessions that will seek to bring quality content to a large part of the population. The workshop is part of an agenda coordinated with the Special Unit for Strategic Projects, belonging to the Government Secretariat.
He also indicated that the metrics support the decision to start with the target audience of senior citizens, given that the financial sector is the one that receives the most complaints at the local level, many of which originate from a lack of knowledge of the rights that assist us as consumers.
It was a day full of learning and commitment, in which our seniors were able to strengthen their knowledge, use, access, and confidence in the financial system, in addition to acquiring tools and key concepts to prevent telephone and digital fraud, thus improving their quality of life.
This initiative was made possible thanks to the joint work between the Municipality of Concordia, the Banco de la Nación Argentina, the Provincial Directorate of Consumer Defense and Commercial Loyalty, and the “Plaza Sol” Retirees and Pensioners Center.
The Banco Nación team and Provincial Coordinator Fernán Poidomani provided valuable information on money management, tips for making financial decisions with confidence, rights of financial users, and fraud prevention measures. In addition, practical activities were carried out that allowed attendees to apply what they learned under the guidance of experts.
Gladys Portugal, head of the Third Age Department, expressed her satisfaction with the realization of this initiative, noting that they are a response to the demands of the various Retirees and Pensioners Centers in the city and that work is already underway on the agenda to continue the workshop in other parts of the city given the good turnout and reception obtained.
For his part, the Director of Citizen Attention and Consumer Defense, Guido Di Gioia, stressed that this workshop is only the beginning of a series of training sessions that will seek to bring quality content to a large part of the population. The workshop is part of an agenda coordinated with the Special Unit for Strategic Projects, belonging to the Government Secretariat.
He also indicated that the metrics support the decision to start with the target audience of senior citizens, given that the financial sector is the one that receives the most complaints at the local level, many of which originate from a lack of knowledge of the rights that assist us as consumers.
It was a day full of learning and commitment, in which our seniors were able to strengthen their knowledge, use, access, and confidence in the financial system, in addition to acquiring tools and key concepts to prevent telephone and digital fraud, thus improving their quality of life.