Emerging Europe: Making the most of Moneta

Tomas Spurny has headed some of the biggest banks in emerging Europe. Now he has the task of transforming Czech consumer lender Moneta Money Bank into a digital leader. He talks about technology, regional risk and the joys of returning to Prague.

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Illustration: Kevin February

Tomas Spurny has a business card emblazoned with ‘Moneta Money Bank’. His head of communications still has one bearing a GE logo. In mid-July, two months after its IPO, the bank is still rebranding. By the end of September, however, all signs of Moneta’s former parent should have been wiped out – and with them, the last traces of GE’s retail banking network in Europe. 

For Spurny, the US group’s pullback from financial services has been a boon.

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