Kazimir becomes governor of Slovak central bank

Former finance minister Peter Kazimir, who became governor of the Slovak central bank (NBS) as of Saturday, was officially installed in the post in a ceremony on Monday. Kazimir is planning to yield up his membership of Smer-SD in the next few days. He stated that as governor he wants to focus on digitising payment services, continuing to carry out measures aimed at protecting financial users and improving the bank's analytical activities.