Queen Máxima will visit the International Standardization Organizations and Supervisors in the financial sector (SSBs) at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 March.
She will speak with central bank governors and representatives of regulatory authorities about the state of financial inclusion and financial health. In recent years, central banks and SSBs have increasingly incorporated elements of financial inclusion into their work. This has partly contributed to the increase from 51 percent financial inclusion in 2011 to 76 percent in 2021 (Global Findex 2011 and 2021). Now that more and more people have a (bank) account with which they can receive money, transfer money, pay bills and build up a financial history, savings products, insurance and affordable loans are also within reach. These help increase financial resilience, economic development and financial health. The latter is the extent to which a household has control over daily income and expenditure, is resilient to financial setbacks, is able to achieve financial goals and has confidence in its financial future.
Fashion
For the first day of her Swiss business trip, Máxima put a burgundy red dress from fashion house Natan in her suitcase. The design has a round neck, small pleats at the waist and a matching belt.
Máxima with the dress in March 2021:
More information will follow later this morning.
