Mrs. Vasilika Vjero

Mrs. Vasilika Vjero was born in Tirana in 1976.
Mrs.Vjero graduated from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Administration in 1998. In 2003 she completed a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln USA, and University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy. She has also been trained in economic growth by Harvard Kennedy School.
Ms. Vjero has held senior management positions, such as General Director of Taxes, General Director of the National Business Center, General Director of the Albanian Road Authority. In her career she counts more than 10 years of work experience for the Municipality of Tirana in the management of the Tax Administration and the Department of Strategic Planning and local budgets, as well as a series of experiences as a financial expert with foreign donors. She has also served as an expert independent fiscal and budget for local government in Albania for a total of 24 municipalities and communes throughout the country.
Ms. Vjero speaks english and italian.

Mr. Genc Mamani

Genci Mamani is the General Director of the Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency and at the same time a member of its Steering Council.
Mr. Mamani, graduated in 1991 at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics, Department of Finance.
In 2001 he completed postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin – La Cross, USA, in finance – banking and in 2012 he postgraduate at master’s level in Business Administration at the International Hellenic University, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mr. Mamani started his career in 1991 as an economist at the Central Bank of Albania. He pursued his career by holding managerial positions on different commercial banks such as FEFAD Bank (actually Pro Credit Bank), the Italian-Albanian Bank and further on to be back at the Bank of Albania until late 2015. In July 2015 he took over as General Director of the Deposit Insurance Agency.
Mr. Mamani is fluent in English and Italian.

Mr. Donald Duraj

Mr. Donald Duraj was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Insurance Agency in 2015. He has a progressive career of more than 15 years in the banking system, an integral part of which have been quite active and successful achievements within various prestigious local financial institutions and those in the international network such as Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Belarus. Since 2015, Mr. Duraj holds the position of Chief of Staff of the Governor of the Bank of Albania with the responsibility of advising, assisting, monitoring and coordinating all issues related to the progress and proper functioning of the Governor’s Office and other departments of the Bank of Albania. From 2010 to 2015 Mr. Duraj was Head of Commercial Organization and Market Development Sector at Societe Generale Bank in Albania playing a key role in the strategic direction, short-term and long-term planning, setting key objectives, coordinating inter-divisional and inter-institutional relations, locally and internationally, with public and private companies, et cetera. During this period Mr. Duraj has successfully led at least 15 projects, among the most important ones for the Bank, and with a direct impact on the expansion of activity in the local market and with an increase in profitability. Mr. Duraj worked from 2005 to 2010 at Raiffeisen Bank Albania and Raiffeisen International Austria covering key operational and strategic positions. The most important of them were Head of Individuals Segment, Head of Consumer Credit Products, Project Manager in the “Retail Leadership” Program at Raiffeisen International Austria, etc. Mr. Duraj has graduated at the Faculty of Economics, Department of Finance, Banking Profile, at the University of Tirana.

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    1. Insured deposits are those of:

      a). Individuals, merchants and commercial companies

      b). Financial institutions, political parties and non-governmental organizations

      c). All

      BENEFICIARY from the insurance scheme is any depositor: individual, traders and commercial company, resident or non-resident, Albanian or foreigner, who has a deposit in a bank/corporation in ALL or in foreign currency, according to law no. 53/2014, dated 22.05.2014 "On deposit insurance", amended.

    2. Deposits are insured in:

      a). ALL and USD

      b). ALL and EUR

      c). In any currency

      In compensation, foreign currency deposits are converted into ALL, according to the official exchange rate, determined by the Supervisory Authority on the day of the insurance event.

    3. Types of insured deposits are:

      a). Treasury bonds and investment funds

      b). Deposit without term, Deposit with term, Current account, Deposit in foreign currency

      c). All

      ADIA insures term deposits, non-term deposits, current accounts, savings accounts, deposits or other bank accounts, combinations of the above-mentioned banking products, insurable by the Agency.

    4. The maximum level of deposit insurance in bank is:

      a). 1,500,000 ALL

      b). 2,500,000 ALL

      c). 2,000,000 ALL

      The agency insures and compensates the insurable deposits of each depositor in each member bank of the scheme to the extent of 100 percent, but in any case no more than 2,500,000 (two million five hundred thousand) ALL, regardless of the number of deposits or the type of currency of them, deposited in this bank.

    5. The maximum level of deposit insurance in SCA is:

      a). 1,500,000 ALL

      b). 1,000,000 ALL

      c). 2,000,000 ALL

      The agency insures and compensates the insurable deposits of every depositor in SCA to the extent of 100 percent, but in any case not more than 2,000,000 (two million) ALL, regardless of the number of deposits or the type of their currency, deposited in this SCA.

    6. Deposit insurance is provided for:

      a). For all your deposits in a bank/SCA of the system, up to the maximum insurance level

      b). For all your deposits in all banks/SCA together, up to the maximum insurance level

      c). For each of your deposits in a bank/SCA, up to the maximum level of insurance

      The agency insures and compensates EVERY DEPOSITORS, IN EVERY BANK/SCA up to the maximum legal level of 2,500,000/2,000,000 ALL, regardless of the number of deposits or the type of currency.

    7. ADIA compensates the insured amounts of deposits when:

      a). A bank/SCA refuses to pay the depositor the requested amount

      b). A decision of the judicial authorities places the bank-SCA in bankruptcy

      c). A bank/SCA is placed in forced liquidation by the Bank of Albania

      The compensation procedures begin immediately, when ADIA is notified in writing by the Bank of Albania about the placement of the bank/SCA in liquidation. Depositors will be notified by the Agency regarding the deposit compensation process.

    8. Compensation of insured deposits is carried out:

      a). Directly from ADIA

      b). Through an agent bank designated by ADIA

      c). Through the Bank of Albania

      The agent bank that will carry out the compensation process is determined by the decision of the Agency's governing council, in accordance with the selection criteria, proposed by the Agency and approved by the Supervisory Authority.

    9. To receive the insured amount of deposits, the depositor must:

      a). Make a request to ADIA

      b). Write to the agent bank to request compensation of the deposit/s

      c). To appear in person at the agent bank, with an identification document, to request deposit compensation.

      To benefit from the compensation amount, depositors must present at the counters of the agent bank: Identification document and copy of the Deposit Contract or any other document proving the claim on the deposit compensation.

    10. The maximum period within which the depositors can withdraw their insured amount, after the compensation process is over, is:

      a). 5 years

      b). 10 years

      c). There is no deadline for receiving the insured amounts

      The compensation process ends no later than three months from the date of its initiation. The agency notifies depositors of the closure of the compensation process and handles special cases and claims. Any depositor, who has not been presented to be compensated within the statutory compensation period, retains the right to compensation within 10 years.

    11. ADIA secures deposits in:

      a). All banks and savings and credit companies licensed to operate in the Republic of Albania.

      b). Companies of investment funds and pension funds.

      c). All of the above.

      All banks/SCA licensed by the Bank of Albania are members of the deposit insurance scheme. Their membership in the scheme is compulsory.

    12. The beginning deadline of compensation for the insured deposits is:

      a). 7 working days

      b). 20 working days

      c). 30 working days

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