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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Libra Internet Bank Reports RON164M Net Profit for H1/2025, Up 10% YOY 08.29.2025
Libra Internet Bank, part of US investment group New Century Holdings (NCH), in the first half of this year raked in RON164.1 million net profit,... more
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Banca Transilvania Ends H1/2025 with RON1.78B Net Profit, Near H1/2024 Level 08.26.2025
Banca Transilvania group in the first half of 2025 registered a RON1.97 billion, down 8%, with the net profit of the bank hitting RON1.78 billion,... more
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Former OMV Petrom CEO Mariana Gheorghe Nominated For Supervisory Board Of UniCredit Romania 08.25.2025
Mariana Gheorghe, a Romanian and British citizen with more than 30 years of experience in the finance and banking sector, has been nominated for... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON400M From Banks On August 25 08.25.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON400 million from banks on Monday (August 25), selling bonds due in 2032, at an annual average yield of 7.44%. more
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Finance Ministry Contracts over EUR2B Worth of Loans from National and International Financial Institutions in Past Two Months Via Private Placements 08.25.2025
Romania finance ministry has in the past two months contracted loans worth above EUR2 billion from national and international financial... more
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EBRD Supports Romania To Deliver Its 2nd Successful Renewable Energy Auction Under CfD Scheme 08.21.2025
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has supported Romania to deliver its second successful renewable energy auction under... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON1B From Banks Via Two Bond Issues On August 21 08.21.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1 billion from banks on Thursday (August 21), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average... more
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Clifford Chance Advised UniCredit Bank, Garanti BBVA On Signing Up To EUR60M Loan Agreement With DRI, A DTEK Group Company 08.21.2025
Clifford Chance's team of lawyers specialized in Project Finance, coordinated from Bucharest, has advised lenders UniCredit Bank SA and Garanti... more
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Romgaz Makes Two Deposits Worth EUR352M With Raiffeisen And UniCredit Bank 08.20.2025
Romanian state-run natural gas producer and supplier Romgaz (stock symbol: SNG) has announced in a stock market report that it made two term... more
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Clifford Chance Badea Advised UniCredit On Completing Its Merger With Alpha Bank Romania 08.20.2025
Clifford Chance Badea, the local office of global law firm Clifford Chance, advised UniCredit on the closing of its merger with Alpha Bank Romania. more
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UniCredit Bank Becomes Trading Member Of Bucharest Stock Exchange 08.20.2025
UniCredit Bank, one of the main financial institutions in Romania, has become a Participant in Bucharest Stock Exchange’s trading system since... more
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La Fantana Gets EUR70M Loan From ING Bank And Raiffeisen Bank For Business Growth 08.20.2025
La Fantana, the leading player in the segment of water bottling and supply for water coolers, has contracted a EUR70 million loan from ING Bank... more
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Patria Bank's Total Portfolio Of Performing Loans Granted To Legal Entities Up 24% YoY To RON2.13B In H1/2025 08.20.2025
Patria Bank (stock symbol: PBK), listed on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, has announced in a stock market report on August... more
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Central Bank: Three-Month ROBOR Stuck At 6.6% 08.20.2025
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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Impact Developer & Contractor Gets EUR10M Loan From Garanti Bank 08.19.2025
Real estate developer Impact Developer & Contractor (stock symbol: IMP) has informed the capital market on August 19 about the signing of a credit... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON900M From Banks Via Two Bond Issues On August 18 08.18.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON900 million from banks on Monday (August 18), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average... more
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Transilvania Broker De Asigurare Profit Shrinks To RON50,000 In H1, 2025 08.14.2025
Transilvania Broker de Asigurare (TBK.RO), one of the largest insurance brokers in Romania, posted RON48,946 profit in the first half of 2025,... more
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DRI, A DTEK Group Company Borrows EUR60M From UniCredit And Garanti BBVA To Fund Construction Of PV Park In Vacaresti 08.13.2025
DRI, a subsidiary of the DTEK group, backed by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, has signed a non-recourse loan agreement of up to EUR60 million with... more
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European Commission Greenlights Acquisition By TBI Bank EAD Of Bulgaria By Advent International 08.12.2025
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of TBI Bank EAD of Bulgaria by Advent... more
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Erste Estimates Inflation Peak At 9.2% Year-On-Year In Romania In August, Revises 2025 Forecast Upwards To 8.8% 08.12.2025
July consumer price index far exceeds expectations at 7.8% year-on-year versus the 6.5% year-on-year expected based on the Bloomberg consensus and... more
Romania’s economic growth is forecast to pick up gradually to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.6% in 2026, while its public finances will continue
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Romania ended 2024 with a current account deficit of EUR29.3 billion, higher by nearly EUR7.8 billion than in 2023, central bank data
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Economic growth expectations for 2025 stand at the average value of 1.5%, reveals the latest survey conducted by CFA Romania
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Romania economy recovery is slower than expected and political turmoil is denting investors’ and consumers’ confidence, says the
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Romania’s economy enters 2025 with positive long-term prospects, but with significant challenges in the year ahead, Colliers
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Managers of Pillar II mandatory private pension funds and Pillar III voluntary private pension ones will be able to invest up to 10% of
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Romanian investors last year spent EUR577 million on acquisitions in the region, three times more than in 2023, in line with data from
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Romania’s land market remained stable in 2024, with the volume of transactions nearing EUR450 million, similar to the level recorded
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Survey: Romania Could Increase Its GDP By 10% Until 2050 By Boosting Savings
Romania could increase its gross domestic product (GDP) by 10% until 2050, generating an additional contribution of EUR575 billion by boosting savings and redirecting them towards lucrative investments, according to a survey conducted by McKinsey&Company in spring 2022.