Top management of the NBS discussed with the supervised entities

On 6 November 2009, Ivan Šramko, the Governor of Narodna banka Slovenska and other members of the Bank Board of the NBS met with the representatives of the banks and securities dealers in the Slovak Republic.

The top management of the central Bank informed these partners about the current and expected macroeconomic development in the Slovak Republic and in the euro area. Participants in the meeting also discussed issues related to preparation of proposals of the amendments regarding regulation of the Banks and securities dealers, analysis of the Slovak financial market for the first half of 2009, information regarding the College of Supervisors over the banks in the European Union, information about the Act on payment services, transition in 2010 to the new legal regulations in the area of financial mediation and consultancy services and further current issues.

Similar meetings will take place during November also with both, the top management of other supervised subjects of the capital market and pension savings and the representatives of insurance companies.

The NBS arranges the meetings with all supervised subjects of the financial market regularly twice a year with the aim of presenting their leaders with the latest information, to offer a forum for exchanging views about the issues related to their activities, and to improve the communication of the central Bank with the interested parties.

Jana Kováčová
Spokesperson of the NBS

National Bank of Slovakia
Communications Section
Imricha Karvasa 1, 813 25 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421-2-5787 2168,+421-2-5865 2168, +421-2-5787 2169, 421-2-5865 2169
Internet: http://www.nbs.sk

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