On 27 January 2022, the next online meeting of the Financial Services Working Group took place with participation of more than 40 company representatives. The meeting was focused on the digitalisation strategy for the finance and banking sector.

Opening the meeting, Evgenia Gashikulina welcomed the participants and the guest speaker - Farid Osmanov, Executive Director of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan and recalled the short survey carried out among the members of the working group last year. One of the popular topics that stood out was the future roadmap for digitalisation.

In his presentation, Farid Osmanov shared the strategic incentives of the Central Bank for the near future touching upon the main challenges in the fields of regulatory framework, financial market development, financial inclusion and digitalisation. He further explained the Digital Payment Strategy of the Central Bank for 2021-2023, which aims to establish competitive, innovative and affordable payment ecosystem.

The meeting was moderated by Evgenia Gashikulina and the presentation by the guest speaker was followed by an engaging question and answer session.