TIRANA, June 11/ATA/ The Governor of the Bank of Albania (BoA), Gent Sejko received Thursday in a meeting the new Austrian Ambassador to Albania, Christian Steiner.
During the meeting, BoA Governor Sejko expressed his gratitude to the Austrian Ambassador to Albania, Steiner for the good relations between the two countries, as well as Austria’s support for the opening of EU accession talks with Albania.
In his remarks, the Governor Sejko briefed the Austrian Ambassador on the current situation of the banking sector in Albania, emphasizing that this system is well-capitalized, solid and showing good indicators of liquidity and financial health.
“This sector has continued its normal activity without interruption and has been ready to make the necessary contribution to deal with Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
“The Bank of Albania has taken measures to come to the aid of banks and their customers, as well as to minimize the impact of Covid-19 pandemic in the country’s economy, lowered its interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, liquidity supply of the banking system by removing quantitative limits, eliminating the operating costs of electronic payment systems, providing uninterrupted financial security to the economy, postponement of loan installments for businesses and families in financial difficulties, and regulatory changes,” Sejko said. //a.i/
