The fifth edition of the podcast “Give sense to money” comes with news about arrangements for the launch of instant payments in Moldova. Instant payments will make it easier and cheaper for anyone to make transfers and payments in lei within the country, just by using a phone number. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) and payment service providers plan to launch them in February 2024.
The guest of journalist Liliana Barbarosie is Vadim Jeleascov, head of the National Bank's Fintech Department. This new subdivision of the NBM is in charge of promoting technologies in the financial system of the Republic of Moldova.
The discussion in the podcast focuses on topics related to the advantages of instant payments, the challenges of their launch process, the immediate, medium, and long-term action plan of the NBM related to the promotion of innovations in the banking industry, and the prospects of financial technology.
The podcast also comes with news about arrangements for the launch of Open Banking in the Republic of Moldova - an innovation that will allow networking of accounts and data between financial institutions for use by consumers, banking institutions and third-party service providers.
The podcast can be watched on 10 August, starting at 9.00 on the following platforms:
- on the National Bank of Moldova website [1]
- NBM page on Facebook [2]
- NBM profile on LinkedIn [3]
- NBM page on Youtube [4]
- Rlive.md [5]
- Privesc.eu [6]
And as audio version, on:
- Apple podcasts [7],
- Google podcasts [8]
and other podcast platforms.
The podcast “Give sense to money” aims to systematically explain economic subjects as the crises of recent years have repeatedly highlighted the need to strengthen the financial education of Moldovan citizens..