30 mar 2021

Most major lenders in Romania posted lower profits in 2020 compared with 2019 due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis, which required them to set aside higher provisions. more

9 mar 2021

The interbank market ended February with cash surplus again and banks that were left with lei on their hands at the end of some days used the overnight deposit facility provided by Romania’s central more

5 mar 2021

Almost 60% of the lenders in Romania (20) posted profit in 2020, while 14 were in the red, Romania’s central bank data show. more

3 mar 2021

The performance of the banking sector depends on the performance of the economy, and they will be convergent, while the economic growth will be moderate in 2021 and have a positive effect on lending, more

22 feb 2021

Romania’s banking system (34 lenders) ended 2020 with RON5.14 billion net profit, assets reached a new high and loan-to-deposit and non-performing loan ratios fell compared with 2019, while solvency more

9 feb 2021

The volume of new leu loans for consumers and companies rose to a 14-year high, RON68.5 billion in 2020. The volume of new loans in lei is double the level of ten years ago and 3.4% higher than in more

4 feb 2021

December 2020 came with last year’s highest level of new corporate loans in lei, as well as the 14-year monthly high, RON4.7 billion. The growth of new corporate loans in lei in December 2020 was more

3 feb 2021

New consumer and mortgage loans in lei and euros consumers took from banks fell by some RON2.7 billion or 7% from the 2019 level to RON34.3 billion in 2020. Last year was the first of decline for new more

29 ian 2021

Mortgage loan volume went up by more than 9.8% or RON8 billion to RON89 billion lei year-on-year in 2020, and lenders offset the decline in consumer loans with the higher sales for buying a home. more

28 ian 2021

The loan volume was lower than the savings consumers and companies kept in banks in 2020, as the loan growth rate slowed down, and the speed of deposits is more than double the increase in loans. more

6 ian 2021

Romanians took out more than 1.47 billion lei in new mortgage loans in lei in November, the highest level in the past year, with only October 2019 recording a slightly higher figure of RON1.48 more

16 dec 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 more

14 dec 2020

Romanians took out new mortgage loans worth 1.36 billion lei in October, the highest level in 2020. The volume was down 8.1% compared with the year-ago month. more

9 dec 2020

Demand for consumer loans in Romania has increased in the fall after the summer rekindled appetite for such loans, following the significant decline in the spring due to the lockdown caused by the more

26 nov 2020

Most major banks in Romania posted lower profits in the first nine months compared with the year-ago period, due to the effects of the pandemic, which forced them to set aside larger provisions. more

23 nov 2020

Banks operating in Romania had 3,879 branches and offices, while the number of employees went down to 52,757 in the first nine months, Romania’s central bank data show. more

19 nov 2020

Banks in Romania posted about 4.7 billion lei profit in the first nine months of 2020, their assets reached a new high, while the loan-to-deposit and NPL ratios went down compared with the year-ago more

18 nov 2020

September came with a fast-paced rise in corporate lending, after a visible rebound in the summer months, when it recovered from the decline in the spring months caused by the lockdown due to the more

5 nov 2020

Romania’s banking system, the main lender of Romania’s economy, posted almost 4.5 billion lei net profit in the first eight months, while lending increased by 5.4% on average, Romania’s central more

2 nov 2020

Romanian consumers took out almost 1.26 billion lei (EUR260 million) worth of new mortgage loans in lei in September, the second highest level in the first nine months of 2020, and 4% higher than in more

15 oct 2020

Romanians borrowed more than 1.2 billion lei in mortgage loans from banks in August, the third highest level in the first eight months of 2020 and 3.6% more than in August 2019. more

9 oct 2020

The summer months came with a rebound in corporate loans after lending plunged by annual rates of 20% to 30% in the spring due to the lockdown required by the COVID-19 pandemic. more

25 sep 2020

Romanians took out almost 1.29 billion worth of new mortgage loans in lei in July, the highest level in seven months, and also 5% higher than in July 2019. more

3 sep 2020

The top ten lenders in Romania by assets posted 2.67 billion lei net profit together in the first half, lower than in the first half of 2019, and accounting for 95.3% of the profit of the entire more

31 aug 2020

Banks in Romania had a margin (spread between interests on new leu loans and the interests on new leu deposits) of 4.91% to 6.31% in the first half, down from the first half 2019, but comparable to more