Eric Luts, Chief Innovation Manager and Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group, will be one of the keynote speakers at this year’s edition of the Financial Forum Innovations, an event, organized by the Bank of the Year Association. This forum is dedicated to technology innovations in the financial sector, and the topic of the KBC Group’s Chief Innovation Manager is „Global Trends in Financial Innovations”.

After the speech of Eric Luts, the event will continue with a discussion panel, which will address topics, linked to the new vision for digital transformation of banks and financial institutions, the accession to the Eurozone – a mandatory condition for Bulgarian banks that will be part of the change in Europe, the new wave of digitalization and integration of financial services – technologies, speed, efficiency, modern customer experience, cost reduction, the fight for customers below 18 years of age, how do we design the new era of secure digital payments and others.

The viewpoint of UBB and KBC Group on the topics and questions, raised at the panel, will be presented by Christof De Mil, Country Manager of KBC Group in Bulgaria and Chief Executive Officer of UBB. Within the panel their opinions and stances will also share Miroslav Vichev, Chief Executive Officer of BORICA, Krasimira Raycheva, Country Manager of Visa for Bulgaria, Georgi Ganev, Executive Director of IBM Bulgaria, Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Evrotrust, and other managers of banking institutions in Bulgaria.

Forum Innovations will be held on 22 May, in Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sofia, with event opening scheduled for 9.30 AM. Event organizer is the Bank of the Year Association, and the full programme and names of participants is available here.