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The still high interest rates and continued lending aided Romania banking sector generate an RON11.5 billion record high net profit in the first nine months of 2024, up around 10% from the gain more

4 nov 2024

UniCredit S.p.A. (“UniCredit”) and Alpha Services and Holdings S.A. (“Alpha”) announce that after securing all the necessary approvals from the relevant authorities and completing the due more

17 oct 2024

The Romanian banking system is undergoing a favorable period from the perspective of the main financial and prudential indicators, as it continues to boast solvency, profitability and balance sheet more

12 sep 2024

Romania’s gold reserve has been steady in the past 17 years, at 103.6 tons, since 2007 until the present, of which 61.2 tons are deposited abroad and 42.4 tons in Romania, in line with central bank more

21 aug 2024

The still high interest rates and sustained lending helped Romania’s banking system reach a record high net profit f RON7.5 billion in the first half of 2024, up around 10% from H1/2023 one. more

25 iul 2024

Italian group UniCredit for the first half of 2024 reported net profit worth EUR184 million from Romania operations, up around 39% from the gain of H1/2024, amid rising lending and revenues. more

15 iul 2024

Traian Baicu was nominated for the position of chief executive officer of Credex Bank, formerly Porsche Bank, which businessman Dan Ostahie bought, while Misu Negritoiu should serve as the chairman of more

12 iun 2024

The European Commission has announced it approved the acquisition of Alpha Bank Romania by Italy’s UniCredit S.p.A, under the EU Merger Regulation. more

10 iun 2024

76,746 individuals in Romania had bank deposits of more than EUR100,000 at the end of the first quarter of 2024, over RON82.6 billion (about EUR16.5 billion) in all, the latest statistics of the Bank more

27 mai 2024

Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the local subsidiary of the Italian banking group of the same name, in Q1/2024 registered EUR5 million net profit, 2.5 times bigger than the gain of the same period of 2023. more

23 mai 2024

Profit at the level of the Romanian banking system at the end of Q12024 hit a new record high, of over RON3.7 billion, up around 10% from the gain reported for Q1/2023. more

21 mai 2024

BRD Finance, the consumer finance unit of BRD-SocGen, the fourth largest bank in Romania by assets, is to exit the local financial landscape after two decades in business and is in the process of more

17 apr 2024

The largest banks in Romania posted higher profits in 2023 compared with 2022, as lending and income increased. Profits were largely driven by the high interest rates and low risk costs and more

4 apr 2024

Salt Bank, the first Romanian wholly digital bank, a newly created entity in the wake of Idea Bank acquisition by Banca Transilvania, has launched its operations. more

19 feb 2024

Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the local subsidiary of the Italian banking group of the same name, in 2023 generated net profit worth EUR7 million. more

6 feb 2024

Italian group UniCredit for 2023 reported EUR286 net profit from Romania operations, up over 44% from 2022, amid rising lending and revenues. more

1 feb 2024

France’s Société Générale Group is looking into the opportunity of selling BRD, the third largest bank in Romania and hired JP Morgan to handle it, banking market sources say. more

17 ian 2024

CEE economies, including Romania, will not suffer any fiscal and budgetary expense cutback pressures in 2024 as the year is a crucial electoral one and governments must be generous and throw money more

22 nov 2023

The significant rise in banks’ revenue along with the rise in interest rates and continued lending helped Romania’s banking system make a record net profit of more than RON10 billion (EUR2 more

9 oct 2023

PKO Bank Polski, Poland’s largest state-owned bank, with assets accounting for almost 70% of the Romanian banking system, has announced it is set to start operations in Romania in early 2024. more

28 sep 2023

CEC Bank, a lender held by the Romanian government via the Finance Ministry, climbed to 4th place in the ranking of the largest banks in Romania by assets at the end of the first half of 2023, from more

21 sep 2023

French executive François Bloch, appointed to run BRD-SocGen in 2016, is leaving his position on September 26, 2023, to pursue other opportunities inside the Société Générale Group. more

23 aug 2023

Net profit at the level of the Romanian banking system at the end of the first half of 2023 hit a record high of RON6.9 billion, up over 40% from the gain reported for 1H/2022. more

6 iun 2023

Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the local subsidiary of Italy’s banking group by the same name, posted EUR2 million net profit in the first quarter of 2023, a report of its parent group shows. more

22 mai 2023

Net profit at the level of the Romanian banking system at the end of the first quarter of 203 hit a new record high, of almost RON3.4 billion, up around 70% from the gain reported for 1Q/2022. more