This fourteenth award from one of the world’s most prestigious financial magazines confirms BKT’s consistent performance over the years and reinforces its role as one of the most trusted and innovative institutions in the Albanian banking sector. The recognition stands as clear evidence of BKT’s strong commitment to innovation, service quality, financial inclusion, and sustainable development.
EMEA Finance, one of the leading global financial publications covering financial markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, annually honors the top-performing banks and financial institutions. These awards demonstrate that European banks remain in strong condition and reaffirm the financial industry’s resilience in the face of economic challenges. The digital advancements achieved over the past decade continue to prove essential and valuable, while access to financial services is becoming increasingly easier and more inclusive.
In the winners’ announcement, EMEA Finance stated: ’With digital offerings now ubiquitous across the banking sector, our winning banks have significant digital services and are making savvy use of AI. The banking sector is projected to account for 20% of global AI spending by 2028. Many of our winners are already well into the next phase of AI deployment working to find clear use-case purposes and advancing customer interactions towards true personalization of services. Additionally, our winners, most of whom are already leading in AI adoption, are likely to widen the gap with less invested peers with growing advantages in overall credit quality, risk management tools, enhanced fraud prevention, and more robust capabilities for cybersecurity threats.
European banks are working to exceed the expectations of customers and regulators alike in the areas of green finance and sustainability. In fact, many of our winners are already ahead of the benchmarks and goals they established several years ago.
We remain enthusiastic to recognize the innovative products and services launched across the year and to highlight specific achievements including banking SMEs and creating access to finance through financial inclusion products and services.
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