World Savings Day

In their efforts to promote thrift, the savings banks also worked with the support of the schools, the clergy, as well as cultural, sports, professional, and women's associations.

[1] Representatives of 29 countries wanted to bring to mind the "thought of saving" to the worldwide public and its relevance to the economy and the individual.

There had been some examples of days that were committed to the idea of saving money in order to gain a higher standard of life and to secure the economy, for example in Spain where the first national thrift day was celebrated in 1921, or in the United States.

reached a higher degree of brand awareness than the republic's President and even a street was named after him.

[2] Nowadays the focus of the banks that organise the World Savings Day is on developing countries, where many people are unbanked.