In this episode of the Visegrad Insight Podcast, Tomasz Kasprowicz speaks with Andreas Treichl, chair of Erste Foundation and former chief executive of Erste Group Bank, about the future of banking, capital markets and pensions in Central and Eastern Europe.

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📌 What is inside this episode:

• Why Central and Eastern Europe was unfairly branded the 'wild East' after the financial crisis

• How unfinished banking union, weak capital markets and poor pension design hold the EU back

• Why funded second-pillar pensions are key to Europe’s green transition and ageing societies

• What better financial literacy, housing policy and cross-border cooperation could do for the region

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xiMxQmwjjJQListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/194cGi2JMHdbNhQePx1pNz?si=99sQ1o7IT9WEJrKLnBvEKAListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/nationalism-in-banking-is-simply-stupid-can-central/id1515725435?i=1000737250724&l=en-GB