FCI is an official Partner of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe's (BACEE) upcoming 44th BACEE Banking Conference in Budapest, taking place on 21 October 2022 and will be one of the major international banking events in Autumn 2022 in the CEE/SEE region. This hybrid event has an expected attendance of 100 in-person and 400+ online delegates from over 150 banks.
The conference will cover the risks and opportunities faced by the banking/financial sector in the current turbulent environment. A special session will be dedicated to Trade Finance. FCI Members Raiffeisen Bank International AG, OTP Bank, Banca Transilvania and Erste Bank will be participating in this event, bringing their leading industry knowledge and experience to all in attendance.
Agenda
- Economy and banking sector overview of the CEE/SEE countries
- Impact of the war in Ukraine on the CEE/SEE region
- The regulatory environment of CEE/SEE banking
- ESG / Green Finance
- Digitalisation, data management in the banking sector – where are we?
- Bank CEO Roundtable – Main challenges and opportunities for the region’s banks today
- New products and solutions in the CEE/SEE banking sector – could we become an innovation hub?
- Update on Trade Finance
- AML, compliance, fraud and cyber risk management – is our region less exposed?
- Payments, cards, CBDC, blockchain, moving to the cloud – what’s new?
- CESEE Roundtable Discussion – Banking in the Current Situation
Speakers for this event include the likes of Tamás Nagy (National Bank Of Hungary (MNB)), Radován Jelasity (Erste Bank Hungary & Hungarian Banking Association), Dr. Pál Simák (CIB Bank), Gunter Deuber (Raiffeisen Bank International AG), Elitza Kavrakova (Raiffeisen Bank International AG), Gabriel Mitrache (European Banking Authority), Rudolf Putz (EBRD – European Bank For Reconstruction And Development Trade Facilitation Programme), Sean Edwards (International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) & SMBC Bank International Plc.), Dr Gergely Babos (OTP Bank), Antun Burić (Erste Group Bank AG), Andrei Radulescu (Banca Transilvania & Institute For World Economy & Macro-Modelling Centre, Romanian Academy), Vladimir Vasić (Association Of Serbian Banks), Gabriella Biró (The Central Bank Of Hungary), Dr Éva Takács (CIB Bank) and Szilvia Andriasik (Bilfinger SE).
Registration & Details
To view the conference programme and for any further details, please visit the event website by clicking here.
For FCI Bank members:
FCI's Bank Members can register for FREE participation, taking part either in-person or online. Free in-person participation is limited to 10 persons from FCI.
• We kindly ask you to register by clicking here, and selecting the “Free of charge – BACEE’s Guest” option.
• Please indicate 'FCI' on the registration form in the “Bank/Company” field, following your bank’s name in brackets like this: (ref: FCI)
For FCI Non-bank members:
FCI's non-bank Members get a discounted price of EUR 225 +VAT for in-person participation or EUR 150 for online participation (via Zoom).
• For Hungarian non-bank online participants, a 27% VAT applies.
• Please see the special registration form here.