‘Financial education a must for customers’ By BUUMBA CHIMBULU FINANCIAL service providers have a duty to provide financial education to customers in an effort to ensure that they make informed decisions to plan and secure their future. Financial institutions play a vital role in driving the financial literacy agenda, says Standard Chartered Bank Chief Executive Officer, Herman Kasekende. Mr Kesekende has`won First Place in the ‘Exceptional Leadership in Financial Literacy Award’ category for his efforts in promoting financial education, particularly amongst Zambian youths. He emphasised that it was the duty for bankers, as good citizens that they disseminated financial education to the public, at scale, digitally. “It is also incumbent on us as financial institutions to provide this education so that people can make informed decisions to plan and secure their futures,” he said when accepting his reward in Lusaka recently from the Bank of Zambia Governor during the 2021 Financial Literacy Awards. Commenting on […]
‘Financial education a must for customers’
