February 2, 2021
The EIB Group has increased funding for the Western Balkans in 2020 In 2020, the EIB increased its investments in the region by almost 50%, reaching €873 million in financial commitments Lilyana Pavlova, EIB vice-president for the Western Balkans, highlights the EIB’s substantial contribution to social and economic development in 2020, laying the groundwork for further investments under the European Commission’s Economic and Investment Plan The EIB has already mobilised over €1 billion of financing as part of Team Europe’s COVID response for the region The European Investment Bank (EIB) invested €873 million in the Western Balkans in 2020, increasing […]
February 1, 2021
29 January 2021 UBCG representatives held a meeting with the Director of the Deposit Protection Fund. In addition to regular activities, the implementation of a new methodology for calculating premiums to banks in accordance with Directive 2014/49/EC was discussed at the meeting. The consulting service of the Fund was performed by the German rating agency GBB, which rates all banks in Germany. This methodology, in addition to introducing an ex-ante model, obliged Member States to switch to premium calculation based on the degree of risk of individual banks. Banks with higher risk pay higher contributions and thus participate with larger […]
January 15, 2021
On 14 January, 2021, a meeting was held in the Parliament of Montenegro between the President Mr. Bečić, his advisor Mr. Gošović and associates, and the President of the Association of Montenegrin Banks of Montenegro, Mr. Rabrenović and the Secretary General Mr. Pejaković. The current activities and certainties regarding the postponement of of the implementation of the laws crucial for banks’ operations were discussed at the meeting. Mr. Rabrenović pointed out the situation the banks are facing, from formal legal issues, to parallel processes that take place in banks, which put great pressure on the resources of banks. The President […]
November 12, 2020
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 […]
October 16, 2020
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 […]