CNBS participates in the tenth meeting of the Financial Inclusion Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC)
10 de August de 2023
AFI congratulates CNBS for progress in financial inclusion
1 de September de 2023
The National Commission of Banks and Insurance (CNBS) organized through the Management of Education and Financial Inclusion and Gender, an executive breakfast with representatives of private banks and insurers, the Honduran Chamber of Insurers (CARDA) and the Honduran Association of Banking Institutions (AHIBA) with the purpose of discussing the measures to be adopted in public policies to reduce gender gaps in the country. and present the “Report on the Gender Gap in the Financial System of Honduras”
The event was attended by the highest authorities of the institution the Commissioner President, Eng. Marcio Sierra, the Commissioner Owner, Licenciada Alba Luz Valladares.
The meeting began with the message of Commissioner President Eng. Marcio Sierra who said that “When we arrived at the National Commission of Banks and Insurance in 2022 by designs of President Xiomara Castro, they gave us the particular responsibility to promote financial inclusion, especially the democratization of credit; a responsibility postponed by all previous administrations.”
“With the entry of the first woman President from 2022, in the National Commission of Banks and Insurance, we designed measures to protect the most vulnerable population, such as women, young people and productive MSMEs. For example, we relaxed the requirements to access a loan, we favored many citizens who had restrictions in the Credit Information Center, we approved a series of measures to benefit small agricultural producers, among other measures.”
Subsequently, Ms. Ligia Marcela Herrera, Manager of Education and Financial Inclusion and Gender, presented the results of the Gender Gap Report, who during her presentation, concluded that Honduras has made great progress in the last decade in women’s financial access; In addition, for the third consecutive year, women’s deposit accounts have grown steadily and in greater proportion compared to men at a year-on-year growth rate of 10.1%.
She also added that, according to a diagnosis prepared for the Women’s Financial Inclusion Data (WFID) Partnership, Honduras is ahead of several of its largest peers in the Latin American region due to the leadership and prioritization of gender data carried out in the CNBS.
Finally, she stressed that there is still a long way to go to close gender gaps and that women have financial products and services according to their needs.
