The 15th international forum on banking information technologies BANKIT’2018 took place in Minsk on October 23-25, 2018 in Marriott hotel. The forum brought together over 2,000 executives and experts in the sphere of finance, including representatives of Belarusbank, the IT sector, the government, as well as top managers from Russia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Hungary. The traditional organizers of the event were the National Bank of Belarus, the Association of Belarusian Banks and Scientific and Technical Association Infopark.
Three days of the forum were dedicated to the latest global trends and best practices of digital transformation of the Belarusian financial business. The aim of the forum was to help businesses adapt themselves to the processes and results of digital transformation with the help of the analysis of modern trends and search for advanced technologies.
Panel discussion on Open Banking in Belarus turned out to be the most interesting both for the banking community and for representatives of fintech companies.
The participants of the discussion exchanged their opinions on the implementation of the Open Banking concept from four viewpoints, such as regulation, ecosystem, open API and remote identification.
The executive director of Belarusbank also moderated the discussion dedicated to the implementation of developments in the banking sector, and Head of the Client Support Division Sergei Andreyev told about the experience of the introduction of ITSM processes in Belarusbank.
The organization committee of BANKIT’2018 believes that opinions voiced during the forum determined the strategy of cooperation between Belarusian banks and developers of information technologies for the coming few years.
Belarusbank Communications Division