Athens, Greece, October 16, 2019: The Secretary Generals of Banking Associations in Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have come together today with a view to strengthening the relations among the bank associations in the Balkans. The common belief of all participants is that today’s meeting has laid the base for stronger ties between the vibrant banking communities of the Balkans region. “Banks in our countries are increasingly engaged in a highly competitive environment for financial services, both at home and abroad. We face many mutual challenges and by coming together we have begun to forge understandings […]

PANEL: Building Trust through technology. What’s hot in digital payments? as a part of of the VIII Summit National Bank governors, Ministers of Finance and director of tax administration in the region Secretary general Association of Montenegrin banks participed on Panel, as a part of of the VIII Summit National Bank governors, Ministers of Finance and director of tax administration in the region In this panel we are going to discuss the role of technology for building trust. How is innovation helping us respond to the growing consumer’s demand for better user experience, greater convenience, privacy and enhanced security especially […]

The regular annual meeting of National SWIFT User Group of Montenegro was held on 30 May 2019. The representatives of SWIFT were present – Ms Maria Uzoykina, new Account Manager for Montenegro as well as SWIFT business partner for our region, company CIS from Novi Sad. Members of the group from Montenegrin banks had the opportunity to hear about current status of ongoing SWIFT projects, like Customer Security Programme, that started more than two years ago, aimed to raise the security of SWIFT and core banking systems in banks to much higher level. Further, two new projects of SWIFT were […]

The Association of Albanian Banks (AAB) celebrated 20th anniversary in Tirana. The representatives of the UBCG,  Bratislav Pejaković, Secretary General, and Nebojša Đoković, Advisor attended at the event. The international conference on “Banks for Sustainable Development” was held as a part of the jubilee celebration, opened by the Governor of the Central Bank of Albania, Mr. Gent Sejko and the Chairman of AAB, Mr. Silvio Pedrazzi. The conference was held at the Hotel International in the form of two panels: The Role and Responsibility for a Sustainable Future, and Banking Changes in the Region. Representatives of  the EBRD, the European […]