The Hellenic Capital Market Commission published a recap of its conference on “Financial Education: Ensuring Informed Citizens, Trust and Stronger Capital Markets”, held on 31 March 2026 in Athens, framing financial literacy as a core element of investor protection and capital market development. The Commission positioned the event as the start of an ongoing dialogue among supervisors, market participants, academia and policymakers, and confirmed it will make a children’s financial education book available free of charge to all primary schools in Greece. The conference drew more than 500 participants (in-person and via a digital platform) and featured more than 35 speakers and moderators from Greece and abroad. Chair Vasiliki Lazarakou outlined policies and strategies the Commission is planning to strengthen financial education, including in light of developments linked to the Savings and Investments Union, while IOSCO and Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority President Jean-Paul Servais highlighted financial literacy as a basic life skill and a shared responsibility across regulators, educators and policymakers. Contributions also covered the role of artificial intelligence and FinTech platforms, fraud prevention, inequalities, national financial literacy strategy, saving and responsible investing, and the influence of social media and “finfluencers”; Greece’s Deputy Minister for National Economy and Finance noted that the Commission has taken on two Recovery Fund programmes focused on the supervisor’s digital transformation and improved transparency through upgraded information systems.
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Hellenic Capital Market Commission hosts financial education conference and will distribute a financial literacy book to all primary schools
The Hellenic Capital Market Commission recapped its Athens conference on financial education, highlighting financial literacy as central to investor protection and capital market development and announcing a free children’s financial education book for all Greek primary schools. Chair Vasiliki Lazarakou outlined policies to strengthen financial education, while IOSCO and Belgian FSMA President Jean-Paul Servais emphasized shared responsibility among regulators, educators and policymakers. Panels covered AI and FinTech platforms, fraud prevention, inequalities, national financial literacy strategy, responsible investing, social media and “finfluencers,” and Greece’s Deputy Minister for National Economy and Finance presented two Recovery Fund programmes supporting the Commission’s digital transformation and transparency.