EastEuro Link - Finance Conference for CSEE

3rd Annual Finance Conference for CSEE

Finance and Banking Modernisation in Central and Southeast Europe

30-31 January 2006
Hilton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Banking and finance are crucial in determining economic performance in all forms of commerce and industry. Contemporary tendencies in this sector brought together key figures who drive the economies forward in the emerging financial markets of CSEE. Regional governments, international investors, leading financial experts, strategists, bankers and IT companies discussed the latest finance developments, foreign investment, reconstruction and modernisation of the banking sector, EMV migration, and opportunities of the entire region.

This exclusive two day meeting enabled comprehensive overview of the region's foreign direct investments, state-owned companies’ privatisation, bank restructurings and banking system reforms, e-payment, multilateral lending, access to international debt and loan markets and more.

Key topics:

• Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in CSEE countries
• Views on the progress and prospects for finance developments in the region
• Governments programme for European integration
• State-owned countries privatisation
• Opportunities and challenges in the private sector
• Overview of developments from the perspective of investment banks
• Access to international debt and loan markets
• Banking sector privatisation
• New technological innovations in banking sector
• Development and implementation of EMV Migration
• Development of smart card technology in electronic-banking