{"id":54396,"date":"2017-06-22T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-equifax-and-junior-achievement-americas-expand-financial-inclusion-program-in-latin-america-reaching-thousands-of-adolescents-and-parents-with-positive-message-about-credit\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:38:02","slug":"equifax-y-junior-achievement-americas-expanden-su-proyecto-de-educacion-financiera-en-america-latina-llegando-a-miles-de-comunidades-escolares-con-un-mensaje-positivo-sobre-el-credito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/equifax-y-junior-achievement-americas-expanden-su-proyecto-de-educacion-financiera-en-america-latina-llegando-a-miles-de-comunidades-escolares-con-un-mensaje-positivo-sobre-el-credito\/","title":{"rendered":"Equifax and Junior Achievement Americas Expand Financial Inclusion Program in Latin America, Reaching Thousands of Adolescents and Parents with Positive Message About Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 22, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Equifax, Inc., a global information solutions company, today announced plans to expand its unique, regional financial inclusion and financial education program, &#8216;EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera&#8217; in tandem with Junior Achievement Americas, the world&#8217;s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg0712left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg0712left\" title=\"EFX logo - Powering the World with Knowledge\" style=\"HEIGHT: 58px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"EFX logo - Powering the World with Knowledge\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/476502\/Equifax_Powering_the_World_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The two organizations say their &#8220;EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera&#8221; program, which is being launched in <span class=\"xn-location\">Argentina<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Peru<\/span> this year and expanded in <span class=\"xn-location\">El Salvador<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Paraguay<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Uruguay<\/span> will reach thousands of students preparing to enter university.\u00a0 The curriculum will focus on the importance of financial education \u2013 a major issue affecting <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> today \u2013 but will also aim to provide additional tools and training to the parents of youth through community outreach and a special credit 101 seminar.<\/p>\n<p>President of Equifax Latin America, <span class=\"xn-person\">Chris Jones<\/span> said, &#8220;We are excited to enter the second year of this partnership with tremendous momentum after the successes we experienced in 2016. The feedback from the schools, students, and volunteers who participated in last year&#8217;s program was unanimous \u2013 although we have started to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work \u2013 there&#8217;s still much more to be done. With nearly 70% of <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America&#8217;s<\/span> population unbanked or underbanked, focusing ourselves on financial inclusion in all that we do continues to be of the highest importance for our organization. \u00a0As trusted stewards and advocates for consumers, we believe that helping students and families to better understand their financial future is critical to reinforcing the credit industry&#8217;s positive and profound effects on financial inclusion.\u00a0 &#8216;EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera&#8217; by Equifax and Junior Achievement Americas is helping us to do just that with a real-world approach and impactful, tangible results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Leo Martellotto<\/span>, President of Junior Achievement Americas continued, &#8220;&#8216;EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera&#8217; is an excellent combination of technical, financial, and life skills training that is critical to youth development.\u00a0This year, Equifax is allowing us to expand a high-impact initiative for <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> and for thousands of young people who will be better prepared for their future and to contribute to the global economy. We are extremely proud of this new opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Equifax first launched its partnership with Junior Achievement Americas in 2016 in <span class=\"xn-location\">El Salvador<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Paraguay<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Uruguay<\/span>, reaching 1600 students across the region. \u00a0In 2017, Equifax will continue EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera in those three countries and also launch in <span class=\"xn-location\">Argentina<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Peru<\/span> reaching more than 2800 adolescents and their parents \u2013 representing significant growth in just one year.<\/p>\n<p>About Equifax<\/p>\n<p>Equifax is a global information solutions company that uses trusted unique data, innovative analytics, technology and industry expertise to power organizations and individuals around the world by transforming knowledge into insights that help make more informed business and personal decisions. The company organizes, assimilates and analyzes data on more than 820 million consumers and more than 91 million businesses worldwide, and its database includes employee data contributed from more than 7,100 employers.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Atlanta, Ga.<\/span>, Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, Central and <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia Pacific<\/span> region. It is a member of Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s (S&amp;P) 500\u00ae Index, and its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX. Equifax employs approximately 9,700 employees worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Some noteworthy achievements for the company include: Named to the Top 100 American Banker FinTech Forward list (2015-2016); named a Top Technology Provider on the FinTech 100 list (2004-2016); named an InformationWeek Elite 100 Winner (2014-2015); named a Top Workplace by Atlanta Journal Constitution (2013-2016); named one of Fortune&#8217;s World&#8217;s Most Admired Companies (2011-2015); named one of Forbes&#8217; World&#8217;s 100 Most Innovative Companies (2015-2016). For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equifax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.equifax.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About Junior Achievement Americas<\/p>\n<p>Junior Achievement is an international non-profit organization focused in inspiring and motivating kids and youth to successfully endeavor in a competitive world. Its programs are based in three fundamental pillars: entrepreneurship, financial literacy and access to the world of work. At a regional level, Junior Achievement Americas has presence in 31 countries, its programs benefit annually to more than 1 million youth and have joint projects with companies such as MasterCard, Citi, CIBC First Caribbean Bank, Scotiabank and the United States Development Office, among others. More information<\/p>\n<p>FOR MORE INFORMATION<\/p>\n<p>Equifax<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Meredith Griffanti<\/span><br \/>Media Relations<br \/>+1 678 367 8174<br \/><a href=\"mailto:meredith.griffanti@equifax.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">meredith.griffanti@equifax.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Junior Achievement Americas<br \/>Hernan Zocco<br \/>Media Relations<br \/>+ 54 9351 3118789\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"mailto:hernan.zocco@ja.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hernan.zocco@ja.org<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg98b0left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg98b0left\" title=\" \" style=\"HEIGHT: 400px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/526660\/EduACCION_Financiera_Logo.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/476502\/Equifax_Powering_the_World_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/476502\/Equifax_Powering_the_World_Logo.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/526660\/EduACCION_Financiera_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/526660\/EduACCION_Financiera_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Equifax Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 22, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Equifax, Inc., a global information solutions company, today announced plans to expand its unique, regional financial inclusion and financial education program, &#8216;EduACCI\u00d3N Financiera&#8217; in tandem with Junior Achievement Americas, the world&#8217;s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg0712left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}