12 dec 2016

Banca Transilvania has reached an almost 13% market share this year and aims to further increase it to 13.5% - 14% next year. It will also continue to look at the banks up for sale on the market, more

7 dec 2016

The banks in Romania are among the most profitable lenders in Europe, after having cleaned up most of their non-performing loans, ranking third after banks in Bulgaria and Hungary. more

30 nov 2016

More than two thirds of the lenders in Romania posted profit in January-September, an improvement on the year-ago period, and on the end of 2015. more

29 nov 2016

The restructuring of the banking system continued in the first nine months of 2016, with 90 bank branches closed and 132 people leaving the system, according to Romania’s central bank data. more

23 nov 2016

Banks in Romania posted 3.65 billion lei (about EUR810 million) net profit in January-September, 1.7 times higher than in the year-ago period. Their assets reached RONB378 billion in September, more

15 nov 2016

Non-residents’ long-term deposits in local banks, mostly lines of credit from shareholders, stood at EUR4 billion in September, down about EUR1 billion on the year-ago month and half the 2011 peak. more

14 oct 2016

Romania’s central bank (BNR) says that the conversion of the Swiss franc loans at the historical exchange rate could drive the solvency of two banks under the minimum requirement, and in all six more

11 oct 2016

The macroeconomic environment is more challenging for the banking industry, globally and in particular in Europe, as economies are growing slowly and there are also negative interest rates in many more

22 sep 2016

French executive Philippe Lhotte, who took the reins of BRD-SocGen in the fall of 2012 and is now preparing to turn the bank over to new the chief executive announced François Bloch, expects to see more

19 sep 2016

If the reference auto liability insurance (RCA) price is not high enough, any scenario (about Allianz-Tiriac’s presence on this segment i.e.) is possible, says the new chief executive officer of the more

15 sep 2016

BCR clearly stood out as the profit leader on the local banking market in the first half, followed by Banca Transilvania and BRD-SocGen. Next in the ranking were ING Bank, UniCredit and Raiffeisen. more

1 sep 2016

Dutch ING Group will continue to invest in the organic development of its local branch, now ranking seventh in the Romanian banking system, and seeks to reach 10% market share. more

22 aug 2016

Romania’s banking system posted about 2.4 billion lei (EUR537 million) net profit in the first half so the profit may come close or even be higher than in the last year of economic boom, 2008, when more

17 aug 2016

BCR, BRD-SocGen and Banca Transilvania, the three largest lenders in Romania, posted about 1.5 billion lei (EUR330 million) profit together in the first half, an increase of 50% on the year-ago more

15 aug 2016

Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), the third largest bank in Romania by assets, saw an almost 50% rise in operating income in the first half, largely because of the interest income and posted 458.3 million more

30 iun 2016

Local banks need to speed up restructuring as the lack of efficiency is causing an unbelievably high waste of money, bankers and consultants attending ZF Bankers Summit’16 on Wednesday said. more

22 iun 2016

Banca Transilvania, the third largest lender in Romania, stood out as the most profitable last year, following the takeover of Volksbank. Profit per employee amounted to more than 350,000 lei more

7 iun 2016

The five largest banks in Romania by territorial networks account for about 70% of the total offices and branches in the system. more

27 mai 2016

Romania has had to reinvent banking in the past twenty-five years and banks on the local market are now doing well in terms of capitalization, yet the bank service penetration rate remains low more

24 mai 2016

Romania’s banking sector posted 1.17 billion lei (EUR259 million) profit in the first quarter, while assets decreased to RON370.2 billion. more

18 mai 2016

US and and UK investors hold 31.5% in Austria’s Erste Bank (EBS.RO) together, which owns Romania’s largest lender BCR. more

3 mai 2016

Gross financial assets of households in Romania stood at more than 500 billion lei (over EUR100 billion) last year, about one third of which, RON140 billion kept in bank deposits, Romania’s central more

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