Results 351 - 375 from 462 for "banks"
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Bank-Owned Firms Dominate Leasing Market
11.04.2011
The ranking of the largest financial leasing companies did not radically change in the first half of this year, as the same companies dominated a market that is only now showing the first signs of more
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Bankers Cut Price Of Euro Loans Ahead Of BNR Restrictions
11.03.2011
September came with cheaper retail loans in euro, that is exactly those loans targeted by the central bank (BNR) restrictions, while loans in lei became 0.5% more expensive. more
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Central Bankers To Be Guardians Of Foreign Banks’ Exposure To Romania
10.28.2011
Nine of the ten foreign banks that control local top ten lenders need billions of euros to recapitalize. Out of the ten-hour talks conducted by the leaders of the euro zone on Wednesday night, Romania more
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Isarescu: Housing Banks Help Burst The Mortgage Bubble
10.27.2011
Romania’s subsidized housing program, along housing banks have helped deflate the small bubble in the mortgage market, while bringing more stability to the system, central bank governor Mugur more
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President Basescu, Finance Ministry, BNR Ask EU In Unison To Persuade Banks Not To Withdraw Capital
10.27.2011
The risk of foreign banks starting to repatriate capital has alarmed the authorities so much that President Traian Basescu, the Finance Ministry and the National Bank (BNR) are talking in unison about more
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Romania Among Most Vulnerable Countries If Euro Zone Banks Repatriate Capital
10.27.2011
Romania is the fourth most vulnerable country if euro zone banks decide to cut their exposure, with debts to such lenders amounting to around 38% of GDP, according to an analysis of UK’s Barclays more
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Can BVB Help Romanian Entrepreneurs Build A Strong Bank?
10.27.2011
Eastern European countries need to encourage local banks, and where there aren’t any, they may have to build them from scratch, in order to have an alternative to the financing offered by foreign more
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Romania Faces Difficulties If Mother-Banks Reduce Cash Flows, President Says
10.26.2011
Romania might find itself in a difficult situation if foreign banks were to reduce their support to the local subsidiaries, President Traian Basescu said Wednesday. more
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Greek Banks Take Out EUR0.65B From Market In 2Q, French Banks Add EUR4.7B
10.26.2011
Greek banks continued to reduce their exposure to Romania in the second quarter of this year, while French and Austrian banks increased their financing, according to data published by the Bank for more
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Romania Needs New Vienna Agreement To Prevent Banks From Taking Money Out
10.25.2011
Threatened by a new wave of recession, Romania is faced with the real danger of foreign banks halting financing; the leaders of the euro zone should find a solution resembling the former Vienna more
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Banks Caught Off-Guard By International Turmoil As Loans Exceed Deposits
10.25.2011
Turmoil on the international financial market has caught local banks off-guard, after they grew too reliant on funding from parent banks and as such let the imbalance between loans granted and more
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European Banks Exposure To Romania Rises 22% To $118B In 1H
10.20.2011
European banks’ exposure to Romania rose 22% to $117.7 billion at the end of June, from $96.4 billion in the year-earlier period, data from the Bank for International Settlements showed Thursday. more
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BNR: Bank Payment Refusals Fall To RON443M In September
10.20.2011
Romanian lenders refused to pay promissory notes, checks and notes of exchange amounting to 443 million lei (EUR102.3 million) in September, down 23.7% on the month, central bank data showed Thursday. more
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Alico Romania: Bancassurance May Help Banks Eliminate Deposit-Loan Fluctuations
10.20.2011
Lenders in Romania should focus more on bancassurance, that may generate additional revenues and eliminate deposit-loan fluctuations, Theodor Alexandrescu, general manager of Alico Asigurari de Viata, more
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Companies Move Money To Foreign Bank Branches
10.20.2011
Companies increased their deposits in foreign currency held in foreign bank branches by the equivalent of 2.8 billion lei (some EUR660 million) in the third quarter, while the institutions operating more
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In The Rush For Cash Banks Would Pay Just Anything To Get It
10.19.2011
Inflation continued to decline fast in the last few months, going below 4%, yet many banks continue to pay over 7% yearly interests to keep their clients and compensate for the lesser support from more
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UniCredit: Romanian Banking Profitability To Continue Decline
10.17.2011
Romanian banking profitability is likely to continue its decline through 2011, due to increasingly high costs, while the small, less specialized banks could even shut their doors, the head of more
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Foreign-Held Banks Added EUR1B Fresh Capital Since Crisis Debut
10.17.2011
Foreign banks contributed 850 million lei (EUR200 million) to the local subsidiaries’ capital and announced up to EUR360 million capital injections, to be done in part by the end of 2011. This is to more
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Bad Debts Provisions Surge; Bankers Put Aside RON740M In July
10.16.2011
Romanian banks booked provisions worth 739 million lei (EUR175 million) in July, up 16% from a month earlier, a sign that downside pressure on loan portfolio remains high and economic recovery is more
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Debt Crisis Wiped Half A Billion Euros Of Romanian Banks’ Capitalization
10.14.2011
The three Romanian banks listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange were hit hard by the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, losing over 2 billion lei (EUR460 million) of their market value in the last two more
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Cinteza, BNR: New Lending Rules, A Tool To Educate Bankers
10.13.2011
Nicolae Cinteza, head of the supervisory department of the Romanian central bank (BNR), says the new lending regulations, which introduce tighter terms especially for consumer loans, are a tool more
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BNR Advises Greek Banks To Build Up Cash Reserves Just In Case
10.12.2011
Officials of the six Greek bank branches went to the central bank to discuss action plans to be used in case of contingency. more
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Loan Demand Slows Down In September
10.07.2011
Bankers waiting for clients to buy loans started the autumn on the wrong foot as demand fell unexpectedly in September after it stabilized in the last six months. more
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Romanian Banks To Stay Resilient, Says Central Banker
10.05.2011
The Romanian banking system will continue to be resilient in the face of new challenges, even with the materialization of the worst-case scenarios the central bank considers for its periodical stress more
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Bankers Keep Pressure On Old Clients With 6% Interest Margins
10.04.2011
Bankers are keeping up pressure on clients holding loans as these are the main income source given the low sales of new loans. more