10.19.201

Romanian banks estimate household demand on both consumer and mortgage loans will pick up in the third quarter, supported by more relaxed credit standards, a central bank survey showed Wednesday. more

06.05.2025

Romania banks are at the bottom of the European ranking in terms of profitability per client, with just EUR77, in the context of a EUR168 average in Eastern Europe and a record high EUR238 at the more

04.22.2025

The New Home 2025 program has become operational, with the RON500 million guarantee ceiling approved by the Finance Ministry being allocated to the 13 participating banks. more

04.10.2025

Telecom operator Digi Communications (stock symbol: DIGI) has announced in a stock market report on April 10 that Digi Romania, as borrower, Digi Communications and Digi Spain Telecom, S.L.U. as more

11.26.2024

Household and company loans in October totaled RON601.9 billion, up 9.8% from the same period of last year (4.9% in real terms), after local currency deposits went up by 13.1% and foreign currency more

10.23.2024

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has sealed agreements with UniCredit Bank, Alpha Bank, Libra Internet Bank, BRD Groupe Société Générale, Patria Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and Garanti BBVA to more

10.21.2024

Banks in Romania granted households and companies loans totally worth almost RON114 billion in January-August period, 28% more than in the same period of 2023, in line with data provided by the more

09.16.2024

More than two-thirds (73%) of European bank clients have kept their primary account at the same institution for five years or longer, but Romanian clients are less loyal to their bank compared to more

08.21.2024

The still high interest rates and sustained lending helped Romania’s banking system reach a record high net profit f RON7.5 billion in the first half of 2024, up around 10% from H1/2023 one. more

06.20.2024

The official ranking of the ten largest banks in Romania in 2023, published by the country's national bank BNR in the annual report for 2023, lists Banca Transilvania as leader last year, being more

04.29.2024

Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON961 million from banks on Monday (April 29), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 6.14% and 6.57%, respectively. more

03.14.2024

New loans granted by banks in Romania to households and companies amounted to RON140 billion in 2023, which translates into an increase of 10.4% compared to the volume of new loans accessed in 2022, more

02.12.2024

For the second consecutive year, the EY and Institute of International Finance (IIF) Bank Risk Management Survey finds that cybersecurity is the top concern for European banking Chief Risk Officers more

12.11.2023

Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.5 billion from banks on Monday (December 11), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 6.72% and 6.68%, respectively. more

10.26.2023

Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.09 billion from banks on Thursday (October 26), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 6.65% and 7.18%. more

10.25.2023

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed agreements with five banks to support Romania’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). more

09.07.2023

Romania’s Competition Council carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several commercial banks suspected of having colluded to set loan interest rates, according to sources on the more

08.04.2023

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has assisted a syndicate of banks in providing EUR550 million in financing to Swiss-based agri-business group Ameropa, which owns some of the largest more

06.22.2023

BCR, controlled by Austria’s group Erste, Romania’s second largest bank by assets, comes third in the international ranking of the most competitive banks in terms of digitalization, with 6.81 more

06.14.2023

The economic outlook remains closely linked to inflation trends and to the response of central banks, and forecasts are subject to a number of downside risks, including the supply of energy and more

05.31.2023

UK and European headquartered global banks are reporting strong progress towards Basel III compliance, well ahead of the January 2025 implementation deadline, according to a new EY research. more

05.18.2023

European banks lead globally on overall ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) efforts, according to the latest EY Sustainable Finance Index. more

01.03.2023

Up to 5% of the world’s total gross domestic product (GDP) may be attributed to illicit proceeds from criminal activity, according to the World Economic Forum. more

12.20.2022

Despite solid margin growth, more than half of the world’s banks continue to experience profitability problems and a return on equity that is below their cost of equity, as per the 12th edition of more

12.20.2022

Accenture's “Payments Gets Personal” report shows that up to $89 billion (4.6%) of global payment revenues could be at risk in the next three years for banks that are slow to offer next-generation more