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FOUNDER’S PAGE. IBC
from HERALD - MARCH 2020
by HERALD
On October 22, 2019 a regular meeting of the International Coordinating Council of Bank Associations (International Banking Council, IBC) was held in President-Hotel Minsk. The Financial and Banking Association of Euro-Asian Cooperation is a member of the IBC for many years. At the event, the Association was represented by its General Director, O.Berezovoy. The meeting was organized by the Association of Belarusian Banks. The topic was “priority directions for digital transformation of the banking sector”. Before the beginning the meeting, IBC members had the opportunity to take part in the XVI International Forum on Banking Information Technology “BankIT’19”, held these days in Minsk.
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The IBC meeting began with welcome speeches by A.Murychev, the IBC Chairman, and D.Kalechits, Deputy
Chairman of the Board of National Bank of Republic of Belarus, invited as an honorary guest. The Chairman of the Association of Belarusian Bank, A.Kuchinsky made a presentation.
The discussion was continued by Vice-President of the Association of Banks of Russia, A.Voylukov, Chairman of the Board of National Payment Council of Russia, A.Obaeva, Secretary General of Association of Montenegrin Banks, B.Pejakovic, Executive Director of Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine, E.Korobkova, Head of Representative office of FBA EAC in Armenia, S.Chzmachian, Chairman of the Board JSC “Non-Bank Credit and Financial Organization “ERIP”, E.Antoni, as well as partner of the Association of Belarusian Banks – General Director of Association “Infopark”, V.Basko. The momentous of the meeting was the awarding of A. Kuchinsky, the Chairman of Association of Belarusian Banks, with supreme honors of FBA EAC – order. The award was presented by A.Murychev, Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Association.
The next day the participants of IBC meeting visited the High Technology Park of the Republic of Belarus, where they got acquainted with the conditions of the companies' activity.
As a result of that meeting, protocol decisions were adopted to recommend that IBC members use the meeting’s materials in their practical activities and familiarize interested credit and financial organizations of their countries with them for the widest possible dissemination among the international banking community.
Also the meeting participants accepted the proposal of the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan to hold the next meeting of the IBC in spring 2020 in Bishkek.
