This important event was attended by renowned international speakers, who shared their experiences with attendees. The keynote speech "7 steps to achieve your financial health" was given by Elaine King, an expert in financial management who was selected by People en Español as one of the 25 most influential Hispanic women.

Alberto Padilla, a renowned economic journalist from the Spanish-speaking world, also participated in the event and gave a talk on "Changing the savings chip".

In addition, a panel forum was held entitled "Importance of savings in the economy in times of crisis: Lessons learned and perspectives", which was integrated by Cayetano Bettaglio, Deputy Director El Salvador of the Fundación Alemana de Cajas de Ahorro para la Cooperación Internacional, Hilda Segovia, Head of the Department of Procedures of Cooperative Banks and Savings and Credit Societies of the Superintendence of the Financial System, Ana Escobar, manager of Financial Stability and Public Policies of the Banco Central de Reserva and Camila Mena, Investment Associate for Financial Institutions of the Inter-American Development Bank.

The congress was a great success and was attended by more than 1,000 participants, including members, clients, representatives of the Cajas de Crédito and Banco de los trabajadores members of the SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO, students from the country's universities, representatives of national organizations, entrepreneurs from micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as different media.

"SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO is proud to successfully hold a new edition of the World Savings Day Congress, in which we have brought together hundreds of salvadorans so they can listen to presentations that will help them to encourage the habit of saving in their lives. With this type of event we continue to contribute to the formation of responsible citizens committed to the management of their finances", said Oscar Ruano, Business manager of FEDECRÉDITO.

In addition to this successful initiative, the SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO has achieved to date the opening of more than 1 million savings accounts, thus seeking to promote the culture of savings in our country and bankarize salvadorans.

The efforts of SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO have been constant since, with the objective of supporting the good management of finances in different sectors of the salvadoran population, since 2012 to date it has trained more than 33,263 people throughout the country thanks to the Financial Education Program of SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO in which all the Cajas de Crédito and Bancos de los Trabajadores participate.

The SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO has always focused on making different options available to salvadorans so they can save and achieve their dreams, among which are the traditional Savings Account, the Children's Savings Account, the Programmed Savings Account, as well as the option to contract a Time Deposit; additionally it has created other options to save with even more accessible opening amounts, focused on segments with specific characteristics.

In pursuit of the objective of banking all Salvadorans, SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO has put special interest in expanding its coverage, currently having more than 810 points of attention in 195 municipalities in El Salvador, making it the financial network with the greatest coverage in the country. For more information, visit www.fedecredito.com.sv or call the Call Center 2221-3333.