Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this forward-looking public lecture, Szabolcs Szalay, Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and lecturer at Central European University (CEU), outlines the most pressing challenges banks face today and suggests critical areas of focus to ensure resilience and innovation in the years ahead.

Drawing from extensive industry experience, Szalay discusses the transformation of the financial sector in response to digitalization, customer expectations, regulatory pressures, and ESG demands.

This lecture was delivered as part of “The Future of Finance” conference, organized by the Department of Economics and Business at Central European University (CEU).

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