Bantrab Guatemalans works for wherever they are

Licely Sánchez is the Foreign Business Manager of Bantrab, one of the most solid financial groups in Guatemala. In this interview, he tells us about the initiatives that he promotes in favor of the community of his country in the United States.

Licely Sánchez Foreign Business Manager, Bantrab

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–What other initiatives does Bantrab promote in favor of the Guatemalan community in the United States?

–Our Well-being Strategy rests on three pillars: financial, social and digital. That is why, in addition to establishing alliances with the most important money transfer companies in the world, we have developed the Bantrab Remittances App to send money at no cost and in real time. Additionally, compatriots in Guatemala can open monetary and savings accounts 100% digitally through the YoLo electronic wallet, which allows them to personally manage their money wherever they are.

What efforts are made under the social pillar?

–One of them is the repatriation insurance that we grant to people who send money to Guatemala through allied remittance companies and the Bantrab application. Another is the opening of an Advice Center in the facilities of the Guatemalan Consulate in Los Angeles, in order to facilitate services to compatriots, help ensure that they are treated with the dignity they deserve, and offer them financial guidance. This is the first of a series of planned centers. The next ones will be open in San Bernardio and San Francisco.

-What does the orientation that they will give consist of?

–Five years ago, we opened the first free personal finance advisory office in Guatemala, which works in person and virtually. Workers turn to us to learn how to manage their income, expenses, credits, savings, insurance... We will give the same attention to our compatriots in the United States because we are convinced that financial health is key to their overall well-being.

Guatemalans will also be able to benefit from GuateAprende, a free access platform developed in partnership with Crehana that offers online courses and specializations to workers and entrepreneurs.

WHO IS LICELY SANCHEZ?

Licely has a 19-year career in banking and currently works as Bantrab's Foreign Business Manager. She has a degree in Computer Science and Administration with an MBA in Marketing and one to finish in Digital Transformation.

Her main challenge is to balance her professional side with her personal side. She practices yoga and running. She loves to cook. But her main source of motivation and joy are her children, Samuel André and José Daniel, aged 10 and 6.

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Fernanda Zago é especialista em meios de pagamentos cross-border com mais de 10 anos de experiência na indústria de pagamentos brasileira e CEO da WEpayments, fintech especializada em pagamentos instantâneos e cross-border, de altos volumes. Formada em administração de empresas com ênfase em finanças pela FAE Business School em Curitiba, com especialização em administração de empresas e gestão

4.0 pela PUC do Rio Grande do Sul e em Marketing de Negócios, pelo Holmes Institute da Austrália, já atuou como country manager da Dlocal, primeiro unicórnio do Uruguai com capital aberto na Nasdaq, entre outras instituições de pagamentos. Fernanda se tornou referência como uma das pioneiras na implantação de pagamentos junto a novas regras cambiais e de metodologias de facilitação de pagamentos internacionais.