maja kadievska - vojnovik : drivers of european payment integration - innovations and cooperation ( opening speech ) speech by mrs maja kadievska – vojnovic, vice governor of the national bank of the republic of macedonia at the opening of the 10th jubilee edition of the nbrm's conference on payments and market infrastructures : drivers of european payment integration - innovations and cooperation, ohrid, 5 - 7 july 2017. * * * ladies and gentlemen, dear guests from home and abroad, it is a great pleasure to wish you very warm welcome to the annual conference on payments and market infrastructures. this year marks the 10th anniversary of the conference and we are very proud to host it here in ohrid in front of a group of eminent speakers and distinguished audience. let me first thank you all for coming as you are the ones who bring the success to the conference. i hope you find the next couple of days interesting, informative and productive and most of all enjoyable as we celebrate the occasion. i would like to take this opportunity and extend my sincerest gratitude and appreciation to de nederlandsche bank and banco de portugal, as institutions with whom we maintain close and fruitful collaboration on many fronts, and particularly with respect to this conference. your continued support and cooperation is highly appreciated and i believe it will only grow stronger in the future to come. ladies and gentlemen, we named this 10th jubilee conference – drivers of european payment integration – innovations and cooperation. innovations indeed move the world with financial technology, transforming the financial services industry as we know it – moving it towards the digital arena. in such an environment, building and maintaining close cooperation becomes essential for sustaining financial stability and protecting consumers from security threats. the conference will cover various topics related to the latest developments at global, european and national level. the emergence of fintech – financial technology marked the global developments in recent years by attracting financial institutions attention to its implementation for improving the present financial products and new products development. on the other hand, fintech companies started offering their own financial services, thus entering into competition against banks. moreover, digital technologies pose challenges to financial institutions, including the central banks, in the context of digital banking and digital transformations. implementation of distributed ledger technology, particularly blockchain, could cause disruption to financial market infrastructures and furthermore, to worldwide financial system. theoretically, it could facilitate cross - border payments, improve the efficiency of back - office operations, eliminate the need of data

amando m tetangco, jr : in praise of bsp ’ s top performers speech by mr amando m tetangco, jr, governor of the central bank of the philippines ( bangko sentral ng pilipinas ), at the 2009 bsp praise awarding ceremony, manila, 27 july 2010. * * * magandang tanghali sa inyong lahat! fellow central bankers and special guests, it is my pleasure to be part of today ’ s praise awarding ceremony where we celebrate service excellence at the bangko sentral ng pilipinas! in particular, we should be proud of our rich harvest : this year we have more than 400 awardees and nominees. indeed, our initiatives to advance employee performance continue to pay off. once again, therefore, let us salute all the nominees and winners under our 2009 praise awards with a well - deserved round of applause! let us also congratulate for a job well done all those who worked on our 2009 selection process under the praise committee headed by deputy governor andy suratos and assistant governor juan de zuniga! palakpakan din po natin sila. i understand that the interviews and evaluation of the nominees for all award categories have been quite intensive. that is because we truly have many bspers who deserve recognition and awards. tama ba ako? tama! let us also salute our iso awardees and reward them with a round of applause! ladies and gentlemen of the bsp. i have been a bsper for 36 years now. in my 3 ½ decades as a central banker, it has always been clear to me that the singular source of strength of the bank is its people. in fact, long before the lifting of the salary standardization, many bspers could be depended upon to render excellent work. and so, ladies and gentlemen, let us also salute central bankers past and present who under the salary standardization regime rendered praiseworthy service! palakpakan po natin sila! clearly, the commitment to serve our people and our country in the best way possible is a constant and strong motivation goal for all bspers. and now, with better incentives, better employee development programs, and continuously improving work conditions we are seeing broader and deeper commitment to always excel. i see this all around at the bsp : whether it is related to the performance of our core functions, institutional celebrations, employee activities, social programs, and even fundraising projects by the bsp employees association