Bankers meet to hail 200 years' saving
In 1810, the Rev Henry Duncan, recognised as the father of the movement, founded a savings bank in his church hall near Dumfries as a way of addressing the poverty of his parishioners.
The conference, in the General Assembly Hall on The Mound next Wednesday, will ask how banking and finance can serve the needs of people today.
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Hide AdKeynote speakers include Lady Susan Rice of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, former moderator Very Reverend Dr John Miller, and communities minister Alex Neil.
Conference organiser Rev Dr Graham Blount said: "The programme sets Henry Duncan in context, debates the values he embodied in the savings bank movement and explores new ways of tackling the problems Duncan faced 200 years ago."
A second conference next Thursday will look at "200 Years of Savings Banks".