We want to congratulate JoyMoney.es the lending company who belongs to the IT Smart Finance Group, for obtaining the “Online Trust” certification which verifies that our service guarantees the rights of our customers.

Websites with this seal demonstrate their commitment to good practices on the Internet. "Confianza Online" is the first private entity accredited in Spain by the General Directorate for Consumer Affairs for the alternative resolution of disputes in the field of Electronic Commerce, among others the AEPD, the Code of Ethics and the Community of Madrid.

To achieve this, the company had to undergo a rigorous analysis in compliance with the Code of Ethics. This is made up of a set of rules divided into four main areas:

1. Protection of personal data.
2. Electronic contracting with consumers (Electronic Commerce)
3. Digital Advertising
4. Protection of minors and adolescents

In this way, the company accredits higher levels of security and self-regulation, as our approach has always been to work with transparency, ensuring that our customers and investors feel supported by us.

For celebrating the International Women’s day IT Smart Finance had a very special evening. All of the members from all of the companies were invited to honour their fellow female employees and women in general. Our president, Maxime Pashchenko, along with Marina Smirnykh, spoke about women and their role in the company. Marina gave some interesting facts on the percentage of women in leading jobs. The comparison between the russian numbers versus the ITSF holding, indicates how advanced in gender equality the company is. Our personnel has more females in executive roles than men, 54% opposed to 46% accordingly. Which is not usual in the fintech sector. Women were celebrated also for their adaptability to fast evolving scenarios and making their way for being present in every sector of the economy.

Following the recognition of adaptability as a valuable skill, this evening had a very inspiring highlight. In our president's participation, he made a very simple yet affirming exercise showing how common it is to deviate from what we once thought would be our professional life. ITSmart Finance understands that professions, conceived as in the past years are no longer valid. With more and more frequency, people are specializing and acquiring a miscellaneous set of skills to perform better or to stand out from the rest. It is common to study a career and not to work in the exact field. But to use some of the knowledge, hard skills and soft skills to build up a profile suited to branch off into a more appealing job than what was thought at age 18 or at the beginning of any programme.

In the search of our own path, IT Smart Finance, wants to contribute to achieve its personnel dreams through education and training. Therefore, it was announced that the company decided to cover 11 study grants for our staff to be more specialized. It would be up to the employees to identify their desired subject, for example, creative arts or a self development discipline. This will help them with the tuition of the programme in any particular field that may have evolved very quickly or to develop a specific skill. All of these new skills and knowledge will enrich them individually as well as make them better professionals.

After all of these good news we could not do anything else but to make a toast. What a fine way to celebrate women and our staff!