SANTO DOMINGO, RD - The Finance with Purpose Academy, a free digital initiative of Banco Popular Dominicano to promote financial education, announced the addition of two new courses to its portfolio: "Create and Manage Your Wealth," taught by Giancarlo Jiménez, and "Elevate Your Investments," taught by Sarah Despradel, thereby expanding its educational impact to different sectors of society.
In total, the Finance with Purpose Academy offers 19 courses taught by certified experts on personal and advanced finance, including two on business management and one aimed at children, called "Financial Adventure", which seeks to cultivate healthy financial habits from childhood.
With the same objective, the story "Saving is Creating" was launched in 2024, which has garnered 6,194 views and 1,667 downloads. This year, the course "Finances as a Couple" will be launched, promoting shared financial planning.
The CEO of Banco Popular, Mr. Christopher Paniagua, emphasized the importance of this free educational initiative, as part of the bank's efforts as an agent of social transformation and promoter of sustainable economic development.
"Since its launch in 2021, the Finance with Purpose Academy has evolved into an accessible and high-value training platform for all audiences," said the CEO of Popular.
Education for the economic progress of Dominican families
More than 504,000 internet users have visited the website www.finanzasconproposito.edu.do since its launch, currently boasting 18,352 registered users. 55.62% of these users are women and 37.06% are men, highlighting the greater female interest in training in personal and household financial management, as well as in entrepreneurship.
The "Purposeful Savings" and "Credit Cards" courses are among the most popular. Meanwhile, more than 2,439 certificates have already been issued, confirming the successful completion of the training by participants.
In addition to its educational offerings, this financial education initiative provides users with interactive tools on saving, investing, emergency funds, loans and retirement, as well as 22 downloadable personal finance templates and guides, designed to help in planning economic goals with greater clarity and control.
Also noteworthy is the "Wealth Management" microsite, with specialized content covering asset diversification, compound interest strategies, and investment management.
