Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo joins IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings and will sign Bank of Italy letter of intent on TIPS Clone instant payments

The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo announced that Governor Ahmet Ismaili, alongside Deputy Governor Milot Cakaj and other officials, is participating in the 2025 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. The programme includes bilateral and multilateral engagements with international counterparts and a planned signing of a letter of intent with the Bank of Italy on a regional “TIPS Clone” instant payments initiative. During the visit, the delegation is due to meet leaders from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the United States Treasury, other international financial institutions and partner European central banks. The central bank will present key financial-sector developments and priorities, implementation results from programmes and technical assistance, and areas where further technical support is needed to deliver its mandate. Governor Ismaili is also scheduled to participate in a high-level IMF panel on strengthening financial-system resilience and capacity building in developing and transition economies, where he will reference IMF support including the Financial Sector Stability Review (FSSR) and reforms to Kosovo’s supervisory and regulatory framework, and to present in a closed-door IMF Europe Department forum with European governors and finance ministers on Kosovo’s economy and the regional and European outlook. The IMF and World Bank meetings run from 13 to 18 October, with the panel appearance and the letter of intent signing planned within the official visit.