The Bank of Albania said Governor Gent Sejko met the newly appointed European Bank for Reconstruction and Development resident representative in Albania, Hannes Takacs, and used the meeting to review Albania’s economic and financial outlook and ongoing areas of institutional cooperation. Sejko said the central bank’s projections point to solid economic growth and linked macroeconomic stability to its monetary policy stance, while describing the banking sector as sound and resilient. Supporting that assessment, he pointed to strong capitalisation, ample liquidity and robust profitability, and said the non-performing loan ratio had fallen to 3.7%, its lowest level since 2008. The meeting also highlighted cooperation with the EBRD on strengthening the regulatory framework for climate-related financial risk management, developing the money market in line with international standards, supporting the Bank of Albania’s self-assessment of alignment with European Union regulatory and supervisory standards, and implementing the WE Finance Code initiative to expand funding for women-led micro, small and medium enterprises.
Bank of Albania2026-07-13
Bank of Albania discusses economic outlook and regulatory cooperation with new EBRD resident representative
The Bank of Albania said Governor Gent Sejko used a meeting with the new EBRD resident representative to review Albania’s economic outlook and banking sector conditions. He said growth projections remain solid and that the non-performing loan ratio has fallen to 3.7%, the lowest level since 2008. The meeting also covered cooperation on climate-risk regulation, money market development, EU standards alignment and financing for women-led MSMEs.