ECRC representatives will attend a conference in the Lithuanian Parliament organised by Lithuanian ECRC partner LBCA.
The Lithuanian Bank Customers Association has translated the ECRC principles into Lithuanian (the full version). This version has now been added to translations available of the principles on the ECRC website: http://www.responsible-credit.net/index.php?id=2516 which now totals 9 languages: EN,DE,FR,SI,ES,IT,HR,PT,LT.
The principles have also been printed as an exclusive booklet which will be distributed to the participants of the conference. The booklet which in its layout could serve as a guideline for further distribution is available for download here: http://issuu.com/vyteniskarnulisjr./docs/lbka.leidinys
Caveat: LBCA has apologised but they have completely “forgotten” to put our ECRC logo on the booklet. They tell me that the preface describes all details about the ECRC organisation who have done these principles. Thnak you to our coalition members for having developed and promoted discussion of these Principles over several years. Pleas econtinue to translate and disseminate and help adoption of these as best practice in your jurisdictions and country lending practices. Further work on these Principles is planned over coning years.
Programme
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:
Lithuanian Bank Customers Association,
Alliance of Lithuanian Consumer Organizations,
Committee on Budget and Finance of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,
Lithuanian Human Rights League,
Professional law partnership TRINITI.
PROGRAM International Conference
Relationship between Banks and THEIR CLIENTs in the AFTERMATH OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
24 March 2014, Vilnius
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Gedimino ave. 53, Building I – Constitution Hall), Vilnius
PROGRAM
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9.00-9.30
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Registration
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9.30
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OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Rūtenis Paukštė, the General Manager of LBCA
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9.30-9.50
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Welcoming speech:
- Dr. Vitas Vasiliauskas, the Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania / Ingrida Šimonytė, the Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania (to be agreed).
- Rimantas Šadžius, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania (to be agreed).
- Bronius Bradauskas, the Chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (to be agreed)
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Moderated by: Žilvinas Šilėnas, the President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
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9.50-10.10
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Kęstutis Kupšys (the head of the association “For Fair Banking”) and Rūtenis Paukštė (the General Manager of the Lithuanian Bank Customers Association). The Issues of Bank and Customer Relationship in Lithuania
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10.10-10.30
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(The representative of LBCA). Presentation of the study “Business Customers’ Satisfaction with the Services of Commercial Banks in Lithuania”
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10.30-10.50
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Vytautas Kalmatavičius (the Partner of Triniti, the alliance of law firms, the Attorney at Law). Comparison of Standard Credit Agreements Offered to Bank Customers in Lithuania with the Agreements Offered in Scandinavia
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10.50-11.00
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Discussions
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11.00-11.15
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Coffee break
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11.15-11.35
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Marekas Močiulskis (the Director of Economic Interests Department of the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority). Problem Areas of Typical Banking Mortgage Contracts with Customers (to be agreed)
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11.40-12.00
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Prof. Udo Reifner (Institut für finanzdienstleistungen (iff), Hamburg). Regulation of Consumer Credit – Neo-liberal and Substantive Approaches in European Credit Law
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12.00-12.15
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Discussions
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12.15-13.00
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Lunch
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13.00-13.20
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Ingrida Šimonytė, /Vilius Šapoka, /Raimondas Kuodis (the representative of the Bank of Lithuania). Presentation of the Bank of Lithuania Activities in Development of Equivalent Bank and Customer Relationship (to be agreed)
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13.20-13.50
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Prof. Udo Reifner (Institut für finanzdienstleistungen (iff), Hamburg, acting ECRC Chairperson). Responsible Credit – the Worldwide Coalition for Responsible Credit and Financial Consumer Protection
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13.50-14.20
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Damon Gibbons (Centre for Responsible Credit (CfRC), UK). Recent Reforms in Protection of Financial Services Consumers in the United Kingdom
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14.20-15.00
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Discussions
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15.00
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Closing of the Conference
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With this event, we expect drawing attention of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, all state authorities, banks, businesses and the public to the issues of responsible lending and borrowing.
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