{"id":3443,"date":"2026-07-29T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:20:01","slug":"the-cnbs-successfully-wraps-up-the-first-financial-journalism-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/2026\/07\/29\/the-cnbs-successfully-wraps-up-the-first-financial-journalism-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The CNBS successfully wraps up the first Financial Journalism Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The National Commission of Banks and Insurance (CNBS) wrapped up on July 25, 2026, the first Financial Journalism Course: ‘Moving Towards Financial Education and Inclusion for Everyone.’ Over 8 weeks, this academic initiative strengthened the skills of 34 Honduran journalists in areas related to supervision, regulation, and the functioning of the national financial system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The course highlighted the importance of communicating financial information responsibly, through analysis, research, and consulting reliable sources, with the goal of promoting content that helps people make better financial decisions. It also encouraged a better understanding of the role media plays in financial education and building trust in the financial system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The academic program consisted of 32 class hours, spread across eight specialized modules, covering topics related to banking regulation, the stock market, insurance and pensions, as well as operational resilience, financial innovation, green finance, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and counter-terrorism financing. It also included content on financial education and inclusion, consumer financial protection, and financial data interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The closing ceremony was attended by the President Commissioner of the CNBS, Lawyer Nicol\u00e1s J. Garc\u00eda Pineda, along with the Commissioners Licenciada Julieta Suazo Franco and Lawyer Gustavo Sol\u00f3rzano D\u00edaz. Also present were Licenciada Josibeth Castro, representative of the Honduran Association of Banking Institutions (AHIBA), and Licenciada Lesly Araujo, from the Honduran Chamber of Insurers (CAHDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of the event, the communicators presented and defended their final project, which consisted of a journalistic piece that brought together the knowledge they had gained throughout the course. The evaluation was carried out by Licentiate Jorge Jacobo Kawas Mej\u00eda, Academic Head of Finance and Business at the Central American Technological University (UNITEC); Licentiate Vanessa Baldassarre, Professor of Economic Journalism at the Metropolitan University of Honduras (UMH); and on behalf of the CNBS, Licentiates Jos\u00e9 Rolando Vega and Luis Duarte, as well as Licentiates Evelyn Flores, Margie Castro, and Evelyn Burgos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the ceremony, the President Commissioner of the CNBS, Lawyer Nicol\u00e1s J. Garc\u00eda Pineda, highlighted that \u201cthe training of specialized journalists represents an investment in favor of transparency, financial education, and institutional strengthening,\u201d while reaffirming the Commission\u2019s commitment to continue promoting training opportunities for communication professionals. He also noted that \u201ceconomic journalism plays a fundamental role in bringing technical and reliable information to the public, contributing to a better understanding of the financial system and to making more informed decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, in recognition of the effort, dedication, and performance demonstrated during the program, the three projects that were the highest rated by the jury were awarded, with their authors receiving monetary prizes granted by AHIBA and CAHDA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • First place: Licentiate Edwin G\u00f3mez, <\/strong>from El Diario de Honduras<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Second place: Licentiate Daniela Mej\u00eda, <\/strong>from HCH<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Third place: Licentiate Juan Carlos \u00c1lvarez, <\/strong>from Canal 10 and Abriendo Brecha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    During the ceremony, CAHDA also gave out two special awards in recognition of the consistency and participation of the communicators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Most Punctual Participant: Bruce Villatoro, from the Digital Newspaper Quien Opina.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Most Participative Participant: Nelson Lanza, from Radio Cadena Voces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      With this initiative, the National Commission of Banks and Insurance marks a significant step forward in promoting financial inclusion, by strengthening the capabilities of a key sector to drive policies and actions that allow the population, especially the most vulnerable groups, to access quality information and financial tools that help improve their living conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      CNBS experts who taught the modules<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The modules were taught by specialists from different technical areas of the CNBS, who shared their knowledge and experience to strengthen the participants’ understanding of the functioning, supervision, and regulation of the Honduran financial system. Among the facilitators were Jos\u00e9 Rolando Vega, Hody Canales, and Evelyn Johana Flores from the Management of Studies, Regulation, Competition, and Financial Innovation; Jenssy Carolina Paz Mac\u00edas and Elsa Gabriela \u00c1lvarez from the Legal Management; Luis Duarte, Claudio Zelaya, Alejandra S\u00e1nchez, Isidro Rodr\u00edguez, and Germ\u00e1n Padilla from the Superintendency of Banks and Other Financial Institutions; Digna Gabriela Oyuela, Jos\u00e9 Benjam\u00edn Santos, Ana Luc\u00eda Milla, and Jorge Alfredo Gonz\u00e1lez from the Superintendency of Pensions and Securities; Emily Corea and Evelyn Burgos from the Superintendency of Insurance; Carlos F\u00fanez, Ilish Lenin Garay, Elia Brigith Zald\u00edvar, and Margie Castro, from the Risk Management Department; Oscar C\u00e1rcamo, from the Financial Intelligence Unit; Brenda Rodr\u00edguez and Omar Ram\u00edrez, from the Financial Consumer Protection Department; Andrea Osorio and Alba Mej\u00eda, from the Department of Financial Education, Inclusion, and Gender; and Wilfredo Oseguera, from the Office of Institutional Image, Communication, and Protocol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The National Commission of Banks and Insurance (CNBS) wrapped up on July 25, 2026, the first Financial Journalism Course: ‘Moving Towards Financial Education and Inclusion for Everyone.’ Over 8 weeks, this academic initiative strengthened the skills of 34 Honduran journalists in areas related to supervision, regulation, and the functioning of the national financial system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3447,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions\/3447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbs.gob.hn\/inclusion-financiera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}