A global pandemic, supply-chain disruption, extreme weather, war in Europe, forced migration on a massive scale, rocketing gas prices, high inflation, debt burdens, reshoring, friendshoring… It is clear that there will be no going back to the pre-pandemic “business as usual”. The EBRD Transition Report 2022-23, examines the tectonic changes that the EBRD regions face and presents a wealth of analysis to inform public policy and business decision-making. The report states that Montenegro returned the amount of GDP to the pre-pandemic level, as well as that it had the highest growth rates in the Western Balkans region. The risks for […]

Association of Banks of Montenegro in Global Money Week Global Money Week is an annual planetary celebration, launched by Child’Youth Finance International (CYFI), with local and regional events and activities aimed at inspiring children and young people to learn about money, saving, creating livelihoods, employment and becoming entrepreneurs. This year’s European Money Week lasts from 20-26. March, in order to improve the level of financial literacy through financial education and enable children, young people and citizens to acquire financial competence, necessary in everyday private and business life. From year to year, the activities are thematically aligned with the current circumstances […]

The Association of Banks of Montenegro, in preparation for the savings week, announces an educational visit to the Njegoš elementary school in Cetinje and the Slobodan Škerović high school in Podgorica. The World Savings Day was established on October 31, 1924 in Milan, at the first International Congress of Savings Banks, and on the initiative of the Italian professor Filippo Ravizzo with the desire to highlight the value of saving both for the individual and for overall economic progress. In this way, the Association of Banks of Montenegro wants to emphasize the importance of financial literacy, from understanding terms, financial […]

24.10.2022. At the invitation of the WB representative in Montenegro, the General Secretary of the UBCG attended the presentation of the regular economic report for the countries of the Western Balkans. The report, the 22nd in a row, is entitled “After the crisis”, and it refers to recent economic developments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. The report was presented in Podgorica by senior economist Mark Tobias Schiffbauer and World Bank economist in Montenegro, Milan Lakićević, who will briefly explain the issues highlighted in the report that are of particular importance for Montenegro. This […]