76% of Spaniards claim to have received a good financial education, according to Intrum

Despite this fact, Spain is the fifth country from the bottom in financial knowledge compared to the rest of Europe

MADRID, 2 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

76% of Spaniards state that they have received a "good or excellent" financial education, with 26% indicating that they feel "safe" handling complex financial matters and 50% that they acknowledge being able to manage their finances on a day-to-day basis, although needs advice on more complicated issues, as stated in the European Consumer Payments Report prepared by Intrum.

In addition, Spaniards would be "considerably" more satisfied with their level of financial education now compared to twelve months ago, when 65% declared they had good or excellent knowledge in this matter, that is, eleven points below the new figure.

Despite these figures, the percentage of Spaniards satisfied with the financial training received is five points below the European Union average, with 82%.

Of the 24 countries analyzed, Spain would be in fifth place, only above Italy (72%), Poland (72%), Lithuania (71%) and Hungary (70%). On the contrary, in countries such as Switzerland (91%), the Netherlands (91%), Norway (89%) or Austria (89%), practically the entire population would claim to have a good financial education, according to the study carried out by the signature.

The company affirms that this position of Spain with respect to the rest of European countries would demonstrate the "importance" of continuing to promote financial education from an early age and considers that "it must become a fundamental pillar both in educational centers and at home".

In this sense, the survey indicates that the source of information that Spaniards trust the most would be the bank of reference, with 39% of the responses indicating it as the first source, followed by a financial advisor (27%) and Internet (22%).

On the contrary, only 3% refer to the school as a source to trust to acquire notions in this regard.

In order to alleviate this situation, and coinciding with the celebration of Financial Education Day this Monday, Intrum has launched the second edition of its 'Financial Education Guide. Economics for young people', an interactive document to help students between 14 and 16 years old to discover, with examples from their day-to-day, what responsible money management should look like, the importance of saving and the consequences derived from bad economic behavior , such as online betting or investment in cryptocurrencies.