Part 2 / 4 in conversation with Salomón Raydan. “Salomon’s work around savings and his belief that the poorest in the society have the ability to save have led to the development of a fascinating community-based banking model in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America. For the UK, this seems to be the right time to grapple with alternative financial systems where microcredit is not the answer to all our financial ills.” – Noel Mathias, Founder & MD, WEvolution Salomon founded The Bankomunales model and it’s based on the idea that saving is the main need of vulnerable families, as well as on the principle that bank access is not the only way to facilitate inclusion and financial education, but rather there are informal associative financial mechanisms with large cultural acceptance, which can be improved to include and financially educate the vulnerable population. This model began to be tested in different countries on various continents and by 2015 it had been replicated in pilot projects in more than 15 countries on four continents Can the insights and solutions to some of the issues in the Global South help the UK to recover and rebuild differently in a post-pandemic era? WEvolution’s Global South Speaker Series is an opportunity to listen to and interact with simple, inspirational and system-altering programmes and movements from founders in the Global South. WEvolution #MeetSaveCreateThis event is co-hosted by The David Hume Institute.