THE BULGARIAN National Bank /BNB/ and KPMG have signed a contract for working out a strategy for development of information technologies at the BNB. Under the contract, a team of the international consultant company will study the current state of IT at the bank and will draft a strategy for their development. The 21-member team will be headed by Gergana Manatarkova of KPMG. A BNB commission will control the execution of the work at the different stages. The commission will be led by BNB Banking Supervision Department head Emilia Milanova. The final report has to be ready by end-January next year.