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European Money Quiz and
BPFI Economists Webinar 2025

What is the European Money Quiz?

 The European Money quiz is Europe’s biggest financial literacy competition to improve the financial literacy of 13–15-year-olds. The live online Irish final sees students across Ireland play directly against each other in real time with Kahoot! The quiz is open to students aged 13-15 years who are looking to test their knowledge of finance and monetary issues. Students play in teams of two and all students are entitled to take part, irrespective of the subjects they are studying.
 
Prize: The winning team of the Irish Finals 2025 will travel to Brussels to represent Ireland in the European Finals 22nd – 23rd May 2025.
 
The travel expenses of this trip are part of the prize package and are sponsored by Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland. The winning team will also receive a trophy for their school.
 

Brian Hayes, Chief Executive, BPFI and Ms Keeva Worth, Business Studies teacher (right) presenting the trophy to the winners of the Irish Finals of the European Money Quiz 2025, Jodie Komolafe and Richelle Alexander, 3rd year students, from Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
 
 



European Finals May 2025

National Winners compete for the European championship in a final competition between all participating countries in Brussels, on the 22nd – 23rd May 2025 organised by the European Banking Federation (EBF). Similar to the national finals the team who answers the most correct questions in the fastest time wins.

    

The winners of the Irish final of the European Money Quiz 2024 were Maria Miller & Lily O’Connor from Presentation College Carlow, who represented Ireland in the European finals which took place in Brussels on the 19th of April. 

BPFI Economists Webinar 2025

The BPFI Senior Economists Masterclass 2025 for 5th and 6th year business and economics students took place on Tuesday 11th March 2025.

Watch a recording of the webinar here


The annual Masterclass is a fantastic opportunity for students in the Leaving Cert cycle to gain insights from Ireland’s top economists ahead of their exams. During the webinar economists from AIB and Bank of Ireland each gave a presentation on the top economics issues of the day which was followed by a panel discussion. 

Moderator: Ali Ugur, Chief Economist, Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
Panellists: John Fahey, Senior Economist, AIB and Michael Crowley, Senior Economist, BOI

European Money Week 2025

The quiz and masterclass take place as part of European Money Weekan annual initiative organised by the European Banking Federation, of which BPFI is a member, to promote financial education across Europe. In March each year, hundreds of activities are held in 30+ countries to promote financial literacy in Europe. This year’s European Money Week runs from 17th – 21st March 2025.

Our Associations

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Our Presidents

Susan Russell has been appointed President of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland and Davinia Conlan has been appointed the Chair of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland.

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