6 iul 2018

The lending model of the banks in Romania, which focuses on retail and real estate, limits “healthy, durable and balanced” growth of lending, considering all the signs pointing towards an more

5 iul 2018

Too complicated flows of operations, excessive red tape, superficial approach of potential customers, are the main weaknesses of the local banks, the participants to the first day of the ZF Bankers more

2 iul 2018

The top ten ranking of the banking market in Romania saw two significant changes last year, though no new names climbed into it. more

22 iun 2018

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19 iun 2018

Romanians have an average net wealth of some EUR20,000, about six times lower than a European living in the eurozone, while debt per person stands at almost EUR1,600, Romania’s central bank more

7 iun 2018

Romania is an important country to pan-European banking group UniCredit, and the strategy in Romania and the Central and Eastern Europe for the coming period is based on an organic growth scenario, more

21 mai 2018

The largest local banking groups posted 25% to more than 120% higher net profit in the first quarter compared with the year-ago period, while overall lending increased by 6% and the economic growth more

9 mai 2018

The raise of the key rate three times this year to 2.5% and the upward inflation trend are not pressuring bankers to raise deposit interests. Some large banks are keeping interests for leu deposits at more

20 mar 2018

BRD-SocGen became the leading lender in Romania by profit, beating Banca Transilvania, which ranked second, while the largest bank on the market by assets, BCR, ranked third. more

22 feb 2018

More than three quarters of the lenders in Romania, 28 banks, ended last year in the black, while seven were in the red, Romania’s central bank data show. more

19 feb 2018

Romania’s banking system posted about 5.6 billion lei (some EUR1.2 billion) net profit in 2017 and assets increased to a peak of RON427.4 billion (EUR94 billion), driven by the rise in lending, more

1 feb 2018

The year 2018 is another volatile year in terms of the government’s financial needs, with an uneven distribution thereof, payment peaks of 7 to 8 billion lei (EUR1.5 billion to EUR1.7 billion) and more

24 ian 2018

Companies and consumers increased their savings in banks from 274 billion lei (EUR59 billion) at the end of 2016 to RON303 billion in 2017, while the loan volume was slower to rise, going from RON220 more

15 ian 2018

Banks paid 641.5 million lei (EUR138 million) corporate tax in 2017, double as much as budgeted for last year and as paid in 2016. The banks’ corporate tax in 2017 was the highest in seven years. more

20 dec 2017

The still moderate lending pace and a greater interest in savings have allowed Romanian households to remain the net creditor of the banks in the first nine months, as deposits were almost 42 billion more

8 dec 2017

Construction and real estate companies still have the highest credit risk, even though they saw the most significant decline in the non-performing loan ratio, while the services and utilities sector more

23 nov 2017

The long-term deposits of non-residents in local banks, which mostly account for financing from their shareholders, saw a slight increase in September compared with July and August, ending the first more

21 nov 2017

Romania’s banking system posted about 4.14 billion lei (some EUR910 million) net profit in the first nine months and assets rose to a peak of RON406.4 billion, driven by the rise in lending, more

18 oct 2017

BCR, the largest lender in Romania by assets, was more active this summer and climbed to the top spot on the market of primary dealers of government securities after the first eight months of the more

9 oct 2017

Raiffeisen Bank, the fourth leading lender in Romania by assets, will continue to pursue organic growth over the coming period, but does not rule out potential acquisitions if the opportunity arises, more

23 aug 2017

Citigroup Global Markets, UniCredit and Raiffeisen Bank International Group remained the top three dealers among those in Romania’s medium-term note program last year, followed by Société more

18 aug 2017

ING Bank, the seventh largest lender in Romania by assets, climbed to the top spot of the ranking of primary dealers in the first half. Previous leaders were Raiffeisen Bank (2016) and Banca more

5 iul 2017

After cleaning up their balance sheets of the non-performing loans that piled up during the crisis and the return to profit, Romanian banking sectors is entering a new phase when the focus will be on more

19 iun 2017

Romania has a tremendous growth potential, offers good opportunities, is a core market for Austria’s Raiffeisen banking group and is one of the three countries where it wants to grow more than the more

30 mai 2017

The efficiency of the Romanian banking staff is still low, given the low financial intermediation, as a banking employee manages EUR1.7 million, compared with EUR15.1 million in the EU, reveals the more