Results 426 - 450 from 472 for "banks"
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State-Owned Bank Heads' Salaries Come To Light
06.27.2011
One of the best-kept secrets, the salaries of state-owned bank managers, has been revealed with the publication of the personal financial statements not by the banks where they work, but by the more
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Companies Deposit Their Money With Foreign Banks’ Branches
06.27.2011
Companies increased their foreign currency-denominated deposits with foreign banks’ branches by 1.6 billion lei (EUR0.38 billion) in the first quarter, while most lenders operating with Romanian more
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JP Morgan: BNR Has The Power To Save Greek Banks. It Won't Be Necessary, Says BNR
06.24.2011
Romania's banking system would still be standing even in a worst-case scenario, where Greek banks were so seriously crippled by the financial crisis that they would be forced to give up their foreign more
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After Monday’s Peak, The Euro Lost Ground
06.22.2011
The exchange rate fluctuations over the past week, with the leu losing over 2% against the euro, broke the relative stability to which bankers, as well as clients with foreign currency loans, were more
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Greek Banks Offer High Interests On Deposits Again
06.21.2011
Greek-controlled banks have returned with generous offers for deposits, paying interests of over 8% a year on leu-denominated deposits and of 4% a year on euro deposits. This is the first visible sign more
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Bankers On BNR's New Restrictions: We Need Low Interests On Leu Loans, Not Regulations
06.20.2011
The current anomalies of the retail lending market have been generated by regulations imposed by the National Bank of Romania, or BNR, at some point, as solutions to certain situations, but the new more
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BNR: Bank Payment Refusals Rise To RON504M In May
06.20.2011
Romanian lenders refused to pay promissory notes, checks and notes of exchange amounting to 503.6 million lei (EUR119 million) in May, up 7.15% on the month, central bank data showed Monday. more
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Foreign Currency Borrowers - From Yesterday's Dream To Today's Nightmare
06.20.2011
Clients with high incomes, wooed by bankers during the boom years with high foreign currency loans and installments as high as three quarters of their salaries at times, are now giving bankers the more
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Greek Banks Invested Over EUR1B In Romanian Real Estate
06.17.2011
The Greek banks on the local market--Bancpost, Alpha, Piraeus and Banca Romaneasca--have fed at least EUR1 billion into some of the most important real state projects carried out in Romania over the more
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Georgescu: BNR Gets Weekly Reports From Greek Subsidiaries
06.16.2011
The Romanian central bank (BNR) is keeping a close eye on Greek subsidiaries and has already taken preventive measures against potential financial slippages, first deputy governor Florin Georgescu more
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Banks Extend Promotional Lending Offers Over Summer
06.16.2011
Banks are toughening the fight over loan refinancing, the only segment that seems to have a growth potential amid lingering market uncertainty. Back in the spring, however, they said this more
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BCR: Banks Need To Go Deeper Into Personalized Pricing To Revive Retail Line
06.15.2011
Competition on the retail segment is tightening as consumer sentiment improves and banks need to better divide their clients into segments and slash costs to be able to gain new business, believes more
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May Volatility Fails To Revive Forex Market Transactions
06.14.2011
The forex market did not go much past the EUR35 billion level in traded volume in May either, after the market had hovered around this value in the past four months, despite the higher leu volatility. more
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“First Home” Remains An Option Only For Clients Who Cannot Afford A Higher Down Payment
06.14.2011
“First Home” state-guaranteed mortgage loans remain an option only for clients who cannot afford to pay a 10% or 15% down-payment on the value of the purchase, since there is almost no price more
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Greek-Owned Banks Are Solid - BNR Deputy Governor
06.10.2011
Romanian banks with Greek shareholders are solid and they can cope with the Greek crisis, which makes them attractive for investors, but the parent companies aren’t showing any intention to sell the more
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Bankers Left RON1.8B In BNR Coffers Each Day In May
06.10.2011
Bankers left 1.8 billion lei (EUR440 million) at the central bank BNR on each working day of May using the overnight deposit facility, to get rid of excess liquidity, as they did not manage to sell more
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Loan Provisions Jumped By EUR200M In April, Equaling First Quarter Growth
06.10.2011
The loan provisions set up by banks posted another increase in April, leaping by around EUR200 million from March, after a four-month period when they seemed to have stabilized. The April jump is more
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Croitoru, BNR: Banks Highly Selective In Lending To State-Owned Companies
06.09.2011
State-owned companies behave themselves when it comes to paying back bank loans, with overdue loans accounting for merely 0.1% of the total. This, however, is because the banks impose strict more
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Vasilescu, BNR: Banks Aren't Leaving, Shareholders Might
06.06.2011
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Ambient: Insolvency Was An Option, But We Didn't Take It
06.06.2011
Ambient Sibiu, one of the biggest Romanian businesses in retail and distribution of construction materials, even considered insolvency following the collapse of sales and the losses it posted in 2009, more
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Housing Savings And Loan System Still Almost Entirely Focused On Deposits
06.06.2011
Six years after its introduction, the housing savings and loan system remains a concept almost entirely focused on attracting deposits, while the funding that goes back into the economy remains more
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Moody’s: Greek Banks Could Sell Romanian Business If Crisis Worsens
06.05.2011
Greek lenders are unlikely to withdraw substantial capital from their Romanian subsidiaries over the coming period, but a sovereign crisis at home could prompt a sale of international businesses, more
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Treasury Pressures Banks To Borrow On Longer-Term In Lei
05.31.2011
The Treasury is seeking to borrow on the longer term in lei in June, breaking with the tradition of putting up for sale six-month certificates, one of the most sought-after investments. more
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Crisis Fallout In Banking: Four Foreign Groups Want To Sell Their Romania Operations
05.31.2011
Four banks operating in Romania, one accounting for over 5% of the market, are waiting for investors to buy them in 2012-2013 at the latest, according to the official announcements made by the current more
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BNR Keeps An Eye On Greek-Owned Banks, No Help Needed - Supervisory Chief
05.30.2011
Greek-held local banks are not affected by the problems faced by their shareholders in their countries of origin, where customers are moving their deposits abroad, and they have sufficient liquidity, more