Ninth annual meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee, December 13th, 2023
The 9th annual meeting of the National Payment System Committee was held under the chairmanship of Mrs. Luljeta Minxhozi, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Albania, on December 13th, 2023. Representatives from the World Bank and Banca d’Italia were invited in this meeting, in addition to the representatives of the domestic payment community. Mrs. Minxhozi highlighted some major projects of Bank of Albania which aim to improve financial access, to increase the safety and efficiency of the payment market infrastructure and eventually achieve its integration in the European payment market.
Participants discussed on the overachievement of the objectives of the Albanian National Retail Payments Strategy foreseen to end in 2023, as well as Albania’s commitments in the Western Balkan regional projects. Further, discussions were focused on banking sector readiness to implement open banking standarts and the upcoming upgrade of payment systems operated by Bank of Albania, which will require full cooperation from banks. At the end the meeting, Bank of Albania presented its Strategy on Financial Education and Inclusion, pointing out the importance of having all groups of interest cooperate and coordinate their efforts to achieve the strategy objectives.
Presentations
- Ms. Ledia Bregu (Bank of Albania). Strategy status report & Albania’smeasures under the regional project
- Mr. Giuseppe Bruni (Banca d’Italia). Local IP system for Bank of Albania
- Mr. Laco Matija (World Bank). Paving the way to Albania’s integration in the Single Euro Payments Area
- Mr. Deniz Deralla (Bank of Albania). Open banking, market developments, challenges and outlook for 2024 (in Albanian version)
- Ms. Valentina Semi (Bank of Albania). Upgrade of AIPS/ AIPS EURO, AECH payment systems (in Albanian)
- Ms. Altin Tanku (Bank of Albania). Results of 4th survey on financial culture and financial inclusion in Albania, 2023 (in Albanian version)
Meetings of the NPSC
- Ninth annual meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee, December 13th, 2023
- Eighth annual meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee, December 9th, 2022
- Seventh meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee, December 16th, 2021
- Sixth Meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee 17 December 2020
- Fifth Meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee 1 October 2019
- Fourth Meeting of the National Payment Systems Committee 20 June 2018