Bratislava, 2 July 2025
Valter Cingel, a temporary employee of Eximbanka and a student of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at Comenius University in Bratislava, programmed and developed a solution that significantly streamlined the process of processing export support data. Thanks to his automated tool, hours of manual data transcription were saved.
The export support data processing process is based on the data on the volume of exports supported by the products provided by Eximbanka to the client. The data is provided by clients in the form of an export support report. The processing of the data from the reports has so far required manual transcription into actual reports – a time-consuming activity that has tied up staff capacity to the detriment of other activities.
“The original system was inefficient and lengthy in terms of data processing. We briefed our student/intern on the requirements and emphasised the need to speed up and streamline the whole process. We didn’t give him precise instructions – he was given the opportunity to design and develop a solution of his own choosing. Over the course of the year, he was able to program a link in Excel that automated the transfer of data from one spreadsheet to another. His solution is actively used in the bank and has greatly facilitated the work of other colleagues. We greatly appreciate such active students who can make a real difference, like Valter,” said Ing. Dagmar Glasová, Director of the Credit Administration and Payment Services Department of Eximbanka.
Valter Cingel evaluated that working on this project brought him a lot of new knowledge and practical skills: “I had no previous experience with Excel, so I learned a lot on the job. It wasn’t easy – it was a year’s work, during which I developed and refined different variants of the solution until the final form. This project was also part of my student assignment, so I am very pleased that my solution has found a practical application. I then trained my colleagues and explained to them how the new system works so that they could make the best use of it. It was also a valuable experience for me in the area of communication and teamwork. This whole process has shown me how crucial it is to link theory with practice, and that personal experience is what moves people forward the most.
This cooperation confirms the successful functioning of the school-practice collaboration. When a meaningful assignment and the openness of the assignor are combined with the initiative and willingness of the student to bring new, workable solutions, the result can indeed have a positive impact for the practice.
If students are given a space, confidence and a feasible assignment that has a real context, they can create real value that contributes to increasing their employability in the labour market and at the same time bring better quality solutions to the company and the institution.