Corporate Lending Up to RON3.9B in October, 14-Year Monthly Peak

12.16.2020
Banks in Romania granted 3.9 billion lei in new leu loans to companies in October, an increase of RON1.3 billion or 50.5% on the year-ago month. Corporate lending reached the highest level of the year in October as well as the highest monthly level in 14 years.
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Patria Bank Partially Repurchases Shares Of Former Shareholders Of Carpatica And Patria In RON9M Operation
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Patria Bank (PBK.RO) has received the approval of Romania’s central bank for the partial repurchase of 60.6 million shares from shareholders who... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON500M From Banks On October 16
10.16.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON500 million from banks on Thursday (October 16), selling benchmark bonds, at an annual average yield of... more
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Three-Month ROBOR Falls To 6.41% on October 16
10.16.2025
The three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May... more
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Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania And First Bank Enter Final Stage Of Merger Process
10.14.2025
The merger process between Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania and First Bank has entered its final stage and the merger is scheduled to be completed on... more
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Raiffeisen Bank Clinches EUR1B Synthetic Securitization Deal with Munich Re
10.14.2025
Raiffeisen Bank has successfully completed an EUR1 billion synthetic securitization deal with Munich Re, one of the world’s biggest reinsurers. more
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CEC Bank Seals Public Project Guarantee Agreement with Romania Investment and Development Bank
10.14.2025
CEC Bank and the Investment and Development Bank (BID) have signed the first guarantee agreement destined to the funding of public sector strategic... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON1.13B From Banks Via Two Bond Issues On October 13
10.13.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.13 billion from banks on Monday (October 13), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average... more
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Finance Ministry: Romania Raises EUR4B Via The Last And Most Successful Eurobond Issue Of 2025
10.13.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised approximately EUR4 billion on October 2, 2025 selling debt on external markets, which is one of the most... more
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Lion Capital Exceeds 5% Ownership Threshold In Banca Transilvania
10.13.2025
Lion Capital (formerly known as SIF Banat-Crisana) has exceeded the 5% ownership threshold in Banca Transilvania (stock symbol: TLV), the largest... more
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Patria Bank Gets EUR25M Loan From European Investment Bank To Boost Romanian Businesses
10.09.2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR25 million loan to Patria Bank to support Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)... more
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Romania's Central Bank Further Holds Benchmark Interest Rate Steady At 6.5% a Year
10.08.2025
Romania's central bank has decided in its Board meeting on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year. more
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Romania Signs EUR500M Finance Contract With EIB To Build A1 Sibiu–Pitesti Motorway
10.08.2025
Romania's Ministry of Finance has signed a EUR500 million finance contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to build the A1 Sibiu–Pitesti... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON1B From Banks Via Two Bond Issues On October 6
10.06.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1 billion from banks on Monday (October 6), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields... more
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Law Firm Filip & Company Assisted Victoriabank in Microinvest Acquisition Wrap-Up
10.06.2025
Law firm Filip & Company assisted Banca Comerciala Victoriabank S.A., part of Financial Group Banca Transilvania and one of the largest banks in... more
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New Tezaur Treasury Bills Available as of Monday, October 6
10.06.2025
Romania Finance Ministry has today, October 6, launched the tenth edition of this year’s TEZAUR Treasury bills program, with one, three and... more
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New Fidelis Edition: Romanians Can Buy Government Bonds In October 10-17 Period
10.03.2025
Romania's finance ministry has announced that it will carry out a new issue of Fidelis government bonds for retail investors between October 10 and... more
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Omniasig Celebrates 30 Years In Romania
10.03.2025
Omniasig, the largest company in the local portfolio of Austria's Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), in 2025 ended three decades of activity on the... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON1.6B From Banks Via Two Bond Issues On October 2
10.02.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.6 billion from banks on Thursday (October 2), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average... more
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Victoriabank Wraps Up Microinvest Acquisition
10.02.2025
Victoriabank, part of Banca Transilvania Group and one of the largest banks in the Republic of Moldova, has completed the acquisition of... more
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Several Rivals And Investors Eyeing Patria Bank
10.01.2025
Private equity firm EEAF Financial Services BV’s putting of its 85% stake in Patria Bank (PBK.RO) up for sale has drawn the attention of a number... more

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