The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo published a wrap-up of its delegation’s participation in the 2025 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., where it presented Kosovo’s latest financial-sector developments, reform priorities and technical assistance needs. The delegation also took part in the signing ceremony for a Letter of Intent on the regional fast payments project “TIPS Clone”, signed by the Bank of Italy together with the central banks of Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. Across meetings held from 13 to 18 October, Governor Ahmet Ismaili spoke on an IMF high-level panel on financial system resilience, highlighting Kosovo’s financial-sector achievements and the role of IMF support including the Financial Sector Stability Review in strengthening institutional capacity and the supervisory and regulatory framework. He also intervened in a World Bank high-level session on productivity, stressing the need for inclusive digital transformation through investment in digital skills and digital public services. Bilateral engagements covered progress on harmonisation with the European Union legal framework, work towards joining the Single Euro Payments Area, and fast-payments modernisation (Swiss National Bank), as well as ongoing IMF technical assistance linked to banking supervision, resolution mechanisms, macroprudential policy and payments infrastructure (IMF mission team, the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, the Institute for Capacity Development and senior management). Deputy Governor Sokol Cakaj separately discussed possible cooperation with Clearstream on international reserve management services, including custody and access to products such as securities lending and borrowing.

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