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11.11.2021. A presentation of the announced Credit Guarantee Fund was held at the Ministry of Economic Development, where the initial capital would amount to EUR 10 million, and the working capital for the beginning, for 3 years of operation, would amount to EUR 400,000.00. One of the main problems in accessing finance faced by companies, entrepreneurs as well as persons with registered activity refers to the difficulties in securing collateral required by financial institutions, which is usually in the form of a mortgage or pledge on equipment or other movable property. The Association of Banks of Montenegro supports the establishment […]

12.11.2021 with the participation of UBCG, UNICEF Business Council was held where the Draft Action Plan for 2022 was presented. The Association of Montenegrin Banks supports all activities of UNICEF Montenegro, where it will consider opportunities for participation through the promotion of key messages, family-friendly policies and promote the Bebbo app application to its clients, through the distribution of prepared flyers or brochures at retail outlets. We will provide professional assistance in improving the knowledge and skills of children and young people, in preparing the choice of profession and the needs of the labor market in the 21st century. Every […]

November 2022 marks a significant milestone in SWIFT’s ambitious strategy to deliver instant and frictionless crossborder transactions across our community. From that date, our new state-of-the-art digital platform will go live for several key traffic types, coinciding with the go-live date of the adoption of ISO 20022 across the community and several key market infrastructures. SWIFT has pleased to invite you to a session, organized for SWIFT users in Central Europe, to remind about Customer Security Programme obligations in 2021/22 and provide an update on Customer readiness for Transaction Management platform and ISO 20022 (CBPR+) – including mandatory activities and related […]

03.11.2021 During the regular annual visit of the UBCG, the International Monetary Fund Mission organized and held a meeting in virtual format with UBCG representatives on the state of the economy, prospects and policies within the regular consultations under Article IV of the Fund’s Statute. The members of the Mission are the Head of the IMF Team for Montenegro, Mr. Srikant Seshadri, Ms. Stephania Eble, Ms. Gohar Minasyan, Mr. Alex Pienkowski, Ms. Yen MOOI, Mr. Vincent Tang and Mr. Carlos Acosta. On behalf of the Association were Mr. Esad Zaimović CEO of Hipotekarna banka and Secretary General of UBCG Mr. […]

On November 3, 2021. Another operationally important workshop of UBCG members was held with a prestigious address in the form of one of the world’s largest auditing companies E & Y. According to the published draft amendments to the Law on Profit Tax, it is envisaged that from 2022, all taxpayers will prepare documentation on transactions with related parties, which is in line with regulatory trends in the region, but also in the broader context of international practice, where transfer pricing has certainly been an important topic for years. Team from EY Belgrade has significant experience in preparing documentation on […]

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On the web meeting we are treated the process of updating membership databases of FEPG and wanted to take the opportunity to review the latest list of Financial Education Project Group members.   FEPG Meeting Thursday, September 9th Meeting Agenda   15.00-16.10: Updates from EBF Announcement of new chairperson FEPG membership (please review attached ‘FEPG members’ list in advance) Workshop on 4th-5th November in Brussels 3 or 4 work streams (e.g. Financial health, digital skills and inclusion, gender gap in financial educations, financial education for elderly, vulnerable populations). European Money Week (21-27 March 2022) Cooperation with the OECD and other organizations […]

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On June 29, 2021. a meeting was held through ZOOM with Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General of UBCG and Mr. Konstantin Artyukh, Vice President of the Association of Russian Banks in charge of international cooperation regarding future cooperation and exchange of views on trends in the banking world. At the meeting, views were exchanged on cryptocurrencies, development of digital currencies by Central Banks, usefulness of block-chain technologies, solving NPL problems, development of business platforms, application of fin-tech technologies, accompanying Business Intelligence Solutions, DMS – document management systems, BASEL III requirements and announcements BASEL IV and the impact on banks’ liquidity and […]

On June 15, 2021. A regular conference of the IBC (International Banking Council) was held, which was held due to the unfinished COVID 19 pandemic through the ZOOM application, which was attended by 35 participants from general secretaries to presidents of banking associations and high representatives of the Central Bank. The Association of Banks of Northern Macedonia was accepted as a member of the conference. The working part of the conference was marked by a working session dedicated to smaller banks in banking systems in the context of the development of financial services and technologies. The distinguished presentation was given […]

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