For the last eight years Santander has been running the Finanzas para mortales programme in Spain, and also the Your finance, your future programme alongside the Spanish Banking Association. In 2019 alone, more than 1,300 financial education sessions were provided for young students and other groups with a risk of exclusion. Santander Financial Institute (SANFI) and the UCEIF Foundation Santander Financial Institute (SANFI) is a study centre specialising in finance, and intends to become an international reference in this area. The centre was created in 2012 through the signature of a cooperation agreement by Banco Santander, the University of Cantabria and the UCEIF Foundation. The University of Cantabria Foundation for Studies and Research in the Financial Sector (UCEIF) was set up in 2006 as a collaboration project between the University of Cantabria and Banco Santander with a view to becoming a national and international benchmark in generating and transmitting financial knowledge.