By Olga Zhegulo, Priorbank, Ruslan Gadeev and Andreas Schwabe, RBI | Ongoing political protests in the aftermath of presidential elections on 9th August 2020 put a global spotlight on the Republic of Belarus, the country sandwiched between Russia, Ukraine and the eastern flank of the European Union. Ruled […]
Previously, Oliver Völkel and his colleagues from the Austrian law firm Stadler Völkel discussed cryptocurrencies from a private law perspective as well as coins and tokens from a capital markets law perspective. In this follow-up blog post on Discover CEE Oliver Völkel and Leyla Farahmandnia focus on anti-money laundering legislation and crypto currencies. Enjoy the […]
Recently, we covered the business aviation topic on Discover CEE. Getting from one place to another very often means taking the plane, especially regarding long distances. It’s not very surprising that this not only applies to the business area, but to tourism as well. A lot of the CEE countries offer a number of airports […]
At the end of 2017, the Sarajevo Unlimited Forum organized by the local accelerator Networks took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the second time. The aim of this innovation forum to bring established companies and IT start-ups together was clearly achieved: More than 3,000 participants from 20 countries, including around 50 start-ups, met in […]
Discover CEE wishes you a happy New Year and is already looking ahead at 2018. Are you planning a business trip to the CEE region? Or would you like to know on which dates your business partner in CEE is on public holidays? The Discover CEE Public Holidays 2018 overview shows all the dates at […]
Warsaw is not like other Polish cities. Many visitors to the capital of Poland, whether for leisure or business purposes, wonder what interesting sites it has to offer. The capital is completely different because after the war (during which 80 per cent of the area was destroyed) it was put together from fragmented pieces, rebuilt […]
Imagine paying for fuel right on the head-up display of your car, or paying for clothes in the changing room, or simply paying with your watch, some other sort of jewelry or the sleeve of your jacket. This is actually not so far from real life, as you might think. As posted in this article […]
Financial transactions are speeding up. Transfer times have already become much shorter in the past years. Diverse initiatives on the European level will also promote and challenge this, for example Instant Payments, which means to implement euro payments within ten seconds in Europe by the end of the year – 24 hours a day, 365 […]
European countries are constantly increasing the access to broadband and mobile internet and banks are seizing this opportunity. More than 95 per cent of the banks surveyed in Deloitte’s CE top 500 have put a digital strategy in place. In October 2016, Deloitte and the EFMA (European Financial Management Association) evaluated the maturity of digital […]
At the end of 2015, Priorbank was one of the first banks among the CIS countries to offer its customers an authentication technology based on voice biometrics. Nowadays, Contact Center operators are able to verify customers by voice – quick, easy and secure. Traditional identity authentication technologies (passwords, code words, passport number etc.) do not […]