BLC trains banks of the world on women economic empowerment

BLC Bank is organizing the fourth consecutive training session for women economic empowerment.  This new session, which is the second to be organized together with the Global Banking Alliance targets new members of the Global Women Banking Alliance and who wish to set up new banking programme for women or institutions seeking to develop units and programmes.  The event will convene over three days (between 3 and 5 February) with regional and international participation from Britain, Holland, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Kosovo and Egypt.  Participants will familiarize with curricula used for women’s economic empowerment in addition to the role of financial institutions in designing financing and related programmes targeting women through setting and constructing interactive platforms which allow the launch of packages and financial products that are useful for women in businesses and for small and medium enterprises.  On this occasion, the CEO of BLC bank, Maurice Sehnaoui, noted that the position of the bank as the first financial institutions in the Middle East to join the GBA equip it to carry out study and training cycles on the fundamentals of banking programmes targeting women. The assistant general manager of BLC and the head of the GBA, Tania Musallem noted that the new session is an important opportunity for exchanging ideas and showcasing banking programmes targeting women.  This, she added, will facilitate the mobilization of new banks into this vital sector. (Safir, Diyar, and Moustakbal – 4 February 2016)