Category: Financial Literacy

Tough love. This was the message of SEDPI’s President and CEO during his TV guesting at the ABS-CBN News Channel. “On the Money” is ANC’s latest show on personal finance. Mr. Rapisura talked about the financial literacy program of SEDPI in partnership with the Ateneo de Manila University and Overseas Filipinos’ Society for the Promotion…

The Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC) in collaboration with the Filipino-Italian Members of the Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Scalibrini Institute of Migration Onlus (SIMIONLUS), the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and the Philippine Embassy in Rome, as co-convenor, hosted the Diaspora-to-Dialogue (D2D): 1st Conference of Filipinos in…

“Sa produkto ng BPI-Globe BanKO, pinapadali ang mag-save, kumuha ng insurance at soon maka-loan para sa negosyo”. These were words imparted by Vincent Rapisura to over 200 BanKO current and potential clients in its first Financial Education Roadshow, held in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City on September 1, 2012.  This event aimed to help BanKO’s…

On June 13, 2012, SEDPI facilitated its “Financial Literacy for Teens” training to approximately 1,459 fourth year high school students in Silang, Cavite. The Sisters of Mary Schools (SMS), a non-stock, no-paying, live-in institution for the marginalized poor in the Philippines houses the students.  The school chooses students from poor families all over the Philippines…

SEDPI’s President and CEO, Mariel Vincent Rapisura, trained 18 Overseas Filipino Workers in Bern, Switzerland on May 26, 2012. Samahang Pilipina in Switzerland organized the training on Financial Literacy for Remittance Senders. The training aims to identify the current financial status of the participants; define their financial goals and provide suggestions on how to attain…