Openbank and ESADE offer 100 online scholarships to foster knowledge of the stock market

Openbank and ESADE are offering 100 Openbank Investment Skills ESADE Scholarships for students, young professionals and those interested in the world of investment from Germany, Argentina, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal.

The aim is to promote and develop the students' skills and apply them to stock markets, enabling them to take a qualitative leap in their professional career to enhance their employability and boost their knowledge of investment.

The course provides students with the tools to recognise assets and their risk and return profile; understand how stock markets operate and identify investment opportunities. It also enables them to enhance their knowledge of economic cycles to build an investment portfolio.

The training course, which can be completed in Spanish and English, lasts 8 weeks and follows the “Learning by Doing” methodology, which merges theory and practice with learning techniques and tools geared towards real-life professional scenarios.

With this scholarship programme, Openbank provides those taking part with the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of financial markets and asset management. Openbank, through "Openbank Wealth" on the website and app, offers products and tools so that its customers can manage their own investments and build a portfolio with stocks, funds, ETFs or warrants.

Applications for the scholarships can be submitted at www.becas-santander.com up until 24 September 2020.

About OpenBank
Openbank, the 100% digital bank belonging to Grupo Santander, has more than 1.4 customers and €11.4 billion in customer funds. It has been recognised by consumer associations as the leader in customer experience and has the highest NPS (Net Promoter Score) rating of all Spanish banks. In 2017, it relaunched its technology platform with cloud-based components and machine learning capabilities for its AML, fraud, credit risk and marketing activities. Openbank offers a wide range of retail banking products, from loans and mortgages to its fully automated and digital Robo-Advisor investment platform. Clients can access the bank’s services through the website, their mobiles or by contacting the 24/7 contact centre. For further information, please visit: www.openbank.es/en.

About ESADE and ESADE Alumni
Founded in 1958, ESADE is a global learning institution with a campus in Barcelona and Madrid, and with a worldwide presence thanks to partnership agreements with 185 universities and business schools. Every year, more than 11,000 students choose courses in its three specialist departments: Business School, Law School and Executive Education. ESADE Alumni, the association made up of over 60,000 former ESADE students of up to 126 nationalities, has an international network of events that are organised in 72 chapters. ESADE also takes part in the innovative business park ESADE Creapolis, a ground-breaking ecosystem that aims to inspire, facilitate and accelerate the innovation processes of its member companies. ESADE has a clear international commitment, ranking high among the top business schools worldwide according to the Financial Times, QS, Bloomberg Businessweek and AméricaEconomía. ESADE is associated with the Universidad Ramon Llull. For more information, visit: www.esade.edu.