On 12.11.2020. a meeting was held between the President and Secretary General of Association of Montenegrin banks with Mr. Juan Santander, Head of the UNICEF Office for Montenegro. Mr. Santander presented the role and action plan of the office in Montenegro with an emphasis on priorities, where in the area of ​​education and financial inclusion he sees space for cooperation with AOMB. The President of AOMB gave full support to all UNICEF actions where the care of young people is of particular importance for the future of the country. Support was given to the formation of a forum of legal […]

16.10.2020 a substantial meeting was held between the President and the Secretary General of the Association of Banks of Montenegro with the Head of the EBRD Office in Montenegro, Mr. Jaap Sprey. At the meeting, Mr. Sprey emphasized the good cooperation with banks in Montenegro and presented the EBRD agenda in Montenegro, already completed projects and projects that are announced. The need for quality support for the development of SMEs and the diversification of the Montenegrin economy was emphasized, where we now have predominantly investments in tourism. Representatives of Association pointed out the quality indicators of the banking system in […]

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30.09.2020. god. We participated on the 50th EBF Associate member meeting, via videoconference. For Associate Members : Tour de table on the latest developments Welcome remarks by Christian Ossig, Chairman, Executive Committee of the EBF/Managing Director of Bankenverband ➢  Adoption of the previous minutes – 49th Associates meeting in Brussels 09:00 Update on EBF activities and latest development in Brussels Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation 09:20 Latest Developments at National level Tour de table by associate members Reaction to the COVID-19 crisis 10:40  Gonzalo Gasos, Senior Director of the Prudential Policy and Supervision of the EBF 10:55 […]

The Association of Montenegrin Banks attended the final presentation of the EU Twinning project with the Montenegrin institutions in charge of the functioning of the financial system.Ministry of finances of Montenegro and the Consortium of the EU institutions (Federal Ministry of Finance, Croatian National bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, De Nederlandsche Bank, Croatian Financial Services Supervisory  Agency and Federal Financial Supervisory Authority), supported by EU funds (IPA) implemented Twinning contract with goal to support the regulation of financial services in Montenegro. The purpose of this Project was to align the legislation for financial services with Union acquis and strengthen the regulatory and […]

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May 28, 2020 at 12.00 the Financial and Banking Association of Euro-Asian Cooperation is holding a videoconference. Beside members of MBS, Heads of commercial banks are invited to participate in the conference.   Subject: “Peculiarities of credit institutions’ work in the context of a pandemic”. Questions for discussion: Activities of banks to organize remote work of employees. Formation of remote Features of the organization of basic processes in remote working conditions, ensuring their continuity and safety. Problems of information interaction between banks and the regulator. Transforming customer service models and processes. Features of trade and export financing under general quarantine […]

The meeting, attended by the representatives from Montenegrin banks together with the representatives of banks from Serbia and North Macedonia, was invited by Regional SWIFT director Ms Maria Uzoykina. During three and a half hour session, experts from SWIFT gave the update on current projects and presented the activities already announced as well as the new projects, mainly technical ones. Covid19 pandemic affected the development of a number of current projects in the way that their deadlines, or some of the phases of these projects, had to be postponed for some time, while other projects have been ongoing as initially […]

22.11.2019. UBCG representatives attended the conference “Digital control for accelerating development”. The conference is part of the project “Support to the establishment of transparent and efficient public administration at the service of the citizens,” funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Administration. Opening remarks were by the Minister of Public Administration Suzana Pribilović, Herman Spitz, the head of the sector for cooperation, the EU Delegation to Montenegro and Daniela Gasparikova, UNDP Resident Representative in Montenegro. The conference presented research findings on attitudes and use of e-services in Montenegro, as well as […]

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Association of Montenegrin Banks, the meeting of the Management Bord was held on 18 November 2019. The Bord on the asset quality review, tasks, expectations, processed and policy of implementation and it elected the new Chairperson of the UBCG Management Board. The Association reacted proactively with regard to the challenging AQR process and the conclusion was made that a working group of experts from commercial banks should be organised to follow the process and make useful proposals that facilitate process. The selection of advisers (audit firms) and appraisers who will participate in […]