October 24, 2018

PSD2 SEMINAR

On October 24, 2018 in organizations of Association of Montenegrin banks, BACEE and Online Business technologies from Budapest, Hungary, made presentation of PSD2 the EU directive (known as PSD2. In short, PSD2 enables bank customers, both consumers and businesses, to use third-party providers to manage their finances. In the near future, you may be using Facebook or Google to pay your bills, making P2P transfers and analyse your spending, while still having your money safely placed in your current bank account. Banks, however, are obligated to provide these third-party providers access to their customers’ accounts through open APIs (application program […]
October 16, 2018

Banker No. 42

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September 28, 2018

Meeting with the World Bank

On 28 September 2018, the Association of Montenegrin Banks held a meeting with the representatives of the World Bank for the region, Cevdet Cagdas Unal, Senior Financial Sector Economist and Denis Mesihović, WB Office in Podgorica. Several topics were discussed at the meeting, among which on the situation in the banking sector, which showed high liquidity, solvency and capitalisation at the system level in the previous period and on the ongoing projects, dynamics and cooperation with institutions, noting also qualitative implementation of the WB policy-based guarantees. In addition, views were shared on more qualitative support of the Association to targeted […]
September 25, 2018

47th MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING FEDERATION

The 47th meeting of the associated members of the European Banking Federation (EBF) was held in Brussels, which was attended by Laura Pedrejon, EBRD representative as host. The meeting was chaired by Wim Mijs, EBF CEO. The topics discussed at the meeting included the presentation of the latest data in the EU banking sector, financial education and the future activities of the EBF. During the meeting, a round table was also held where all the participants presented the latest data and experience from their countries related to the banking sector. Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General of the Association, presented the situation […]
September 4, 2018

Meeting with the OSCE representatives held

On 4 September 2018, the Association of Montenegrin Bank held a meeting with the OSCE representatives concerning the participation in the technical assistance programme in financial education. The meeting was attended by Andrea GRIFONI, analyst and Adele ATKINSON, senior analyst in the Financial Education and Consumer Protection Division of the Directorate for Financial Markets of the OSCE Secretariat, and the CBCG representatives. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) an its International Network for Financial Education (OECD/INFE) launched a technical assistance project for the financial education through the support of the Constituency Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Finance […]
May 30, 2018

Trade Finance Workshop for Local Banks Organised by EBRD and UBCG

The Association of Montenegrin Banks (UBCG) organised, in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a two-day workshop “International Trade Finance Basic for Back Office” in period 28-29 May 2018. The workshop, funded by the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund, was presented by Sergiy Kostogryz, a Ukraine banker and EBRD consultant. s. The workshop, which was opened by Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General of the UBCG and Jaap Sprey, head of EBRD office in Montenegro, gathered 19 participants from 10 local banks and the UBCG. In his opening remarks, Bratislav Pejakovic said that “the UBCG has a pleasure of […]