The objective of the conference is to verify and assess the process of the building of market economies in Europe after 25 years, including lessons learnt from transition and focusing on the challenges lying ahead. Conference panels: - The foundation: monetary and exchange rate policy - Bricks...

Banks have already made progress towards developing a distribution strategy in which different channels are closely integrated. However, true multichannel distribution is hard to achieve and requires significant long-term investment. But if banks do manage to achieve the ideal multidistribution...

The Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) each year bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty...

The theme of this year’s conference is “Investing in International Markets”. We invite academic paper submissions for the conference that examine the decision to invest in international markets by corporations, institutional or retail investors. As in past years, we aim to bring together a...

Key themes of the conference: - Identifying and measuring monetary policy spillovers - Implications for the international monetary system - Policy coordination issues

Topic: Sharing Prosperity, Delivering Results UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs and World Bank leaders discussed what it will take to boost income growth among the bottom 40%.

In recent years, major changes have taken place in the retail banking sector. The customer relationship has once more come to the forefront in terms of priorities. Issues such as customer retention, customer loyalty and communication are more important than ever for building future success. This...

In many countries, innovation in customer relationship management and customer experience has been given a higher priority than previously. There is a consensus within the industry that strong customer intelligence and an effective customer relationship management strategy can help financial...

The Efma Congress is dedicated to multichannel management. The main topics for discussion during the Congress will include: - Identifying the best strategies - Multichannel management. What new approaches are available? How feasible is the fully integrated customer experience and management...

The payments industry is facing challenges from all sides: competition and pricing pressures; new regulations; continuing macroeconomic uncertainty; and changing customer demands. Banks need to be flexible and agile to take advantage of the huge potential gains available from the payments...