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MEGA INTERVIEW

Georg Bucher

President of Supervisory Board of Sparkasse Bank
Makedonija AD Skopje and Member of the Management
Board of Steiermärkische Sparkasse

SpARkASSE BANkA

MAkEdoNIjA IS NoW

TAkING ThE 4Th

poSITIoN oN ThE

BANkING MARkET

The process of acquisition of tegration process.
Ohridska Banka by Sparkasse Banka The result, the successful integra-
Makedonija started in 2019 but now tion, has been one of the most im-
the process of full integration has portant projects for Steiermärkische
come to an end. How do you assess Sparkasse in the Western Balkans re-
the integration process and its out- gion over the last few years. Now we
come, what were the key segments of have an even stronger and competitive
the process? bank on the market, which will be the
4th largest bank in North Macedonia.
G. Bucher: The integration of the The most important key segments
two banks was not only a highly com- of the process were the closing of pur-
plex IT project, but also the first bank chase; the implementation of Group
merger in North Macedonia. Although requirements; data migration and
besides challenging circumstance due technical and legal merger connected
to COVID-19 we managed a smooth in- with the go-live.

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