14.02.2025. Today, a meeting dedicated to connecting financial institutions with women entrepreneurs was held at the invitation of the Center for Women’s Rights. The meeting was attended by representatives of the CBCG, UBCG, commercial banks, the Tax Administration, Microfinance Organizations, a women’s organization that promotes the Women’s Mark, etc.  The economic empowerment of women affects the economic, social, and cultural development of society, affects the reduction of inequality and the prosperity of society. In this context, it was agreed to work on the visibility and promotion of the importance of the “We finance Code” initiative, which improves standards for the […]

29.01.2025. The complexity of SEPA implementation requires a large amount of information, so in front of UBCG, we tried to provide a large number of interactive workshops, and it is important that they have experience in implementation in an EU country, this time from Hungary. According to the agenda, you can see that it differs from the workshops that have already been held or announced, because, for example, treats both TIPS clone and instant payment issues, which await us during the current year. Capsys combines the outstanding capital markets knowledge from London, New York, and Budapest with the technology expertise […]

29.01.2025. General Secretary Bratislav Pejaković, MSc, UBCG, with the support of the President of the Board for Card Services at UBCG, Aleksandar Pajević, had a meeting with representatives of the World Bank. The World Bank, in cooperation with the CBCG, is conducting an assessment of the acceptance of electronic payments (EPA – Electronic Payment Acceptance) in Montenegro, which will include a detailed analysis of the current state of electronic payments and provide recommendations for activities that would improve the acceptance and use of electronic payments in the country. The subject of the UBCG meeting with representatives of the World Bank […]

SEPA workshop held on January 16, 2025. with the support of the Central bank of Montenegro. This workshop was highly technical in nature, with special emphasis on SCT SEPA scheme, the new EPC Rulebook and related topics. Lecturers hired by CBCG Kjeld Herreman: with more than 15 years of experience in payment systems, Kjeld is a founding partner of Paylume and Francis De Roeck: A prominent payment expert with a significant role in the development of SEPA schemes through the European Payments Council (EPC). The focus of the workshop was on the regulatory and technical aspects of the accession of […]

15.01.2025. The auditing company EY was engaged for the presentation of the SEPA process through UBCG and with the sponsorship of EFSE, i.e. Finance in motion, the German development fund. EY is a global leader in providing business consulting, auditing, tax consulting and transaction advisory services. What we at Association of Banks of Montenegro insist on, when organizing workshops is that an interactive approach is implied throughout the workshop, so that the participants at the very beginning of the training were encouraged to participate in the discussion and ask questions throughout the workshop. Training objectives ► Understand what is SEPA […]