May 25, 2017
On Thursday, 25 May, the representatives of biggest international organization for banking and financial communication SWIFT held the presentation „SWIFT Financial Crime Compliance“ in the premises of Association of Montenegrin Banks. It was attended by participants from almost all Montenegrin banks, who work in the fields of compliance, AML and international payments . SWIFT has developed set of products and applications that are in offer to its member banks, whose aim is assistance to the banks in identification of both legal and personal entities appearing in payments, who are listed either in world sanctions list or in other black lists. […]
May 18, 2017
Education is of Crucial Importance in the West and in the East Association of Montenegrin Banks attended regular meeting of the International Coordination Council of the Banking Associations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Central and Eastern Europe (International Banking Council) in period from 17 to 19 May 2017 in Belgrade. The Association of Montenegrin Banks has been the member of this Council since 2015. The main topic referred to the growing role of national banking associations in the financial education and literacy programmes, whereby the banking indicators and economic trends if member countries were also presented at this meeting. […]
May 16, 2017
Recent FREI organized in Budva has had an interesting panel where Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General of the Association, was moderator on lending support to tourism. The introduction was made by Darko Radunović, Minister of Finance. The panel was also attended by Zoran Martinovski, representative of International Financial Corporation (IFC) as a part of the World Bank Group, Aleksa Lukić, CEO of Erste Banka, and Dino Redžepagić, executive director in NLB in Podgorica. Some interesting information on the potential and obstacles in lending to tourism were heard at the panel. One of the questions was asked to Michael Porter, a University […]
May 9, 2017
44th meeting of associate members of the European Banking Federation (EBF) has been held today in Belgrade and it was chaired by Giovanni Sabatini, chair of the EBF. Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General and Nebojša Đoković, advisors attended the meeting as the representatives of the Association of Montenegrin Banks. Wim Mijs, CEO of European Banking Federation, presented the strategy and main objectives of the further work of the EBF. Veroljub Dugalić, Secretary General of the Association of Serbian Banks (UBS), presented an overview of the most important indicators in the banking sector of Serbia in his role as a host, while […]
May 5, 2017
The Association of Montenegrin Banks and Finance in Motion from Germany organised a seminar –workshop in Podgorica regarding more qualitative preparation for implementing Basel III standards. The lecturer was Christian Thornaes (GARP – Global Association of Risk Professionals). The scope of seminar: Introducing bank employees in Montenegro with the implications of Basel III regulatory framework, its objectives and key changes with regard to the capital adequacy, operational and liquidity risks, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Moreover, the attention was paid to the role of organisational units managing assets and liabilities, ALCO procedures and policies, and adequate […]