Christof De Mil, Country Manager of KBC Group in Bulgaria and Chief Executive Officer of UBB, presented his vision about the role of technologies and innovations and their application in the field of banking during the BANCEE25 – 4th Annual Banking CEE Expo international innovation forum.

Bulgaria’s financial and academic elite gathered in the Aula Maxima of the University of National and World Economy, to discuss the most sensitive issues, linked to this country’s accession to the Eurozone. The Euro Days at the UNWE are being held on 5 and 6 November, and are being organized jointly with the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) and the UNWE’s Institute of Policy and Economics.

This initiative is part of the VODIM long-term programme for clean water from the spring to the tap, launched this autumn by equipping five schools with smart filtering machines.

United Bulgarian Bank (UBB), part of KBC Group, will continue accepting free-of-charge depositing of Bulgarian leva into the personal accounts of individuals by the end of 2025

The exchange of cash was pointed out as the biggest challenge, linked to the euro adoption in Bulgaria by Teodor Marinov, Chief Financial Officer at UBB. This happened during the first discussion panel, entitled - „Banks and the Eurozone – the final sprint“ of The Future of Money financial forum, organized by Manager magazine.