20 dec 2019

Hefty profitability, continued consolidation and restructuring of banks, improvement of portfolio quality, following sale of non-performing loan portfolios and a lending rebound – all of these shape more

3 dec 2019

The average yields of government paper are rising fast and the domestic currency has lost ground to the euro in the past month, while the GDP growth slowed down, the inflation went up and the current more

29 nov 2019

The restructuring of the banking system’s territorial network and number of employees continued in the first nine months of this year. The number of branches fell by 397 and the number of employees more

25 nov 2019

The nine systemically important banks in Romania are Banca Transilvania, BRD-SocGen, UniCredit Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, CEC Bank, Alpha Bank Romania, Garanti Bank Romania and OTP Bank Romania. These more

22 nov 2019

Romania’s banking system posted about 5 billion lei (over EUR1 billion) net profit in the first nine months and the assets reached a new high of almost RON473 billion, as lending increased by more more

18 nov 2019

Non-residents’ long-term deposits shrank by about EUR800 million to EUR630 million in the first nine months of 2019, 56% lower than in December 2018. Non-residents deposits in September were a more

13 nov 2019

The ten most profitable banks in Romania posted 6.64 billion lei (EUR1.39 billion) profit last year, 3.5 times higher than their profit a decade ago, in 2009, Trade Register data supplied to ZF show. more

5 nov 2019

Banca Transilvania, which became the largest lender on the local market in 2018, following takeover of Volksbank and Bancpost, is also the leader by number of employees and personnel spending, having more

23 sep 2019

The long-term deposits made by non-residents in local banks, which are mostly lines of funding from shareholders, continued to shrink even faster, so they reached a low of EUR660 milion seven months more

9 sep 2019

Banca Transilvania, the largest bank in Romania by assets, was also the leading lender by profit in the first half, followed by BRD-SocGen and ING Bank. more

21 aug 2019

The net profit of the Romania’s banking system reached about 2.77 billion lei (EUR586 million) at the end of the first half, while assets rose to a new high of RON458.8 billion, as lending went up more

15 aug 2019

Bank of China, one of the largest banks in the world, held by the Chinese government, is opening an office in Romania, having started a personnel recruitment process lately. The bank is looking for more

10 iul 2019

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday borrowed EUR2 billion at its second round on the international financial markets this year, EUR1.4 billion maturing in 12 years and EUR600 million by reopening the more

4 iul 2019

The turmoil on the local banking market has lessened, and bankers are optimistic about its future trend and expect growth in business, lower interests and inflation and a stability of the leu against more

3 iul 2019

The bank of the future will probably be a mix of traditional and digital, the face-to-face interaction of bankers with customers will go hand in hand with artificial intelligence. Competition with more

24 iun 2019

The acquisition of 99.28% in Banca Romaneasca by Eximbank from National Bank of Greece announced on Thursday night is an about EUR310 million deal, financial market sources say, EUR60 million of which more

13 iun 2019

Romanians remained net creditors of the banking system (in lei and foreign currency) in the first quarter of 2019, and the upward trend continues, as the total lending went up moderately and consumers more

7 iun 2019

Romanian households’ net wealth reached 2,023 billion lei (about EUR435 billion) at the end of last year, with real estate assets accounting for most of it, 78%, the latest data from Romania’s more

17 mai 2019

The largest five actors on the Romanian banking market, Banca Transilvania, BCR, BRD-SocGen, UniCredit and Raiffeisen Bank remained profitable in the first quarter of 2019, and their cumulated profit more

16 apr 2019

Austria’s Raiffeisen group has renewed Steven van Groningen term in office as president and CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Romania until 2023. Steven van Groningen, 60, has been running Raiffeisen Bank more

3 apr 2019

The private banking unit of Raiffeisen Bank, a top five bank in Romania, has 1,500 clients and manages more than EUR1.2 billion assets in the country, the bank told ZF. more

1 apr 2019

The profit of the three most profitable banks – BRD, Banca Transilvania and BCR taken together, which are also the largest local banks by assets, accounted for almost 60% of the entire system’s more

13 feb 2019

The lending rebound, the rise in interests and the improvement of portfolio quality helped Romania’s banking system post an outstanding profit last year, more than 7 billion lei (EUR1.5 billion), more

7 feb 2019

The tax on profits commercial banks paid and the transfers from the net revenue of Romania’s central bank reached 1.84 billion lei (EUR388 million) in 2018, up about 80.8% over 2017, the 2019 budget more

1 feb 2019

Local banks had a high lending margin (the difference between the interest on new loans and on leu deposits) for retail customers of 6% to 7% in 2018. more