{"id":26250,"date":"2026-05-04T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mba.mk\/w\/?p=26250"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:24:45","slug":"balkan-payment-forum-may-14-be-where-the-rules-are-written","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mba.mk\/w\/mk\/najava\/balkan-payment-forum-may-14-be-where-the-rules-are-written\/","title":{"rendered":"Balkan Payment Forum May 14 &#8211; Be where the rules are written"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If you want to understand where the Balkan payments market is going, be in the room where its future is being defined.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Balkan Payment Forum 2026<\/strong><br><strong>14 May 2026<\/strong><br><strong>Rogner Hotel 5*, Tirana, Albania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration and details <a href=\"https:\/\/paybalkan.promoney-events.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">https:\/\/paybalkan.promoney-events.com\/<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>200+ C-level executives from 25+ countries<\/strong> \u2014 Regulators, Central Banks, leading banks, fintech founders, payment providers, investors and global market experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the <strong>Honorary Patronage of IFC<\/strong>, the forum opens with a high-level morning Agenda featuring star lineup of speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Minister Delina Ibrahimaj<\/strong>, Ministry of Economy and Innovation of Albania<\/li><li><strong>Holta Zacaj<\/strong>, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Albania<\/li><li><strong>Gijs Boudewijn, Chairman of the Board European Payment Council (EPC) (Netherlands)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Michael Jennings, <\/strong>Head of Division, Eurosystem Market Infrastructures Development and Administration <strong>Banca d&#8217;Italia (Italy)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Ledia Bregu,<\/strong> MBA, CID Director of Payment Systems, Accounting and Finance Department at <strong>Bank of Albania<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Dardan Fusha, <\/strong>Deputy Governor for Banking Operations of <strong>Central Bank of the Republic of Kosov<\/strong><strong>\u043e<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Matthias Timm, Operations Officer at IFC &#8211; 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