03.31.2025

The IRCC, which banks use to set the interest rate for new loans taken since the spring of 2019, will stand at 5.55% a year in April 1 -June 30, 2025 period, lower than the 5.66% level set for the more

03.25.2025

M3, the broadest gauge of money supply, grew by a nominal 9% to RON737.2 billion (EUR148.2 billion) in February 2025 versus February 2024, Romania's central bank, BNR, has announced in a monthly more

03.24.2025

Workforce availability and cost represent the biggest worry for Central Europe real estate developers in 2025 (26%), before aspects related to project funding, which have been top among concerns in more

03.03.2025

Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR62.5 billion at the end of February 2025, higher by EUR1.75 billion than the EUR60.8 billion level reported on January 31, 2025, Romania’s central more

02.14.2025

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Friday (February 14, 2025) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year. more

01.15.2025

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Wednesday (Jan. 15, 2024) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year, the level it reached in August 2024. more

01.13.2025

ING Bank expects the National Bank of Romania to keep the key rate at 6.50% at the upcoming January 15 meeting, given persistent inflationary risks, the bank said in a report on Monday (January 13, more

12.10.2024

Romania's central bank has announced in a press statement on Dec.10 that its Board of Directors approved on September 30, 2024 the Internal Regulation on the general framework for emergency liquidity more

11.08.2024

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Friday (Nov 8, 2024) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year, the level it reached in August 2024. more

10.18.2024

An integrated team of lawyers and advisors from law firm KPMG Legal – Toncescu si Asociaţii and KPMG Advisory, acted as consultant in the process during which Token Payment Services (TOKEN) was more

10.14.2024

Token Payment Services (TOKEN) was authorized by Romania's central bank to accept online payment operations and transactions at physical POS (point of sale) terminals, in accordance with PSD2 more

10.14.2024

Romania's total external debt (public and private) increased by EUR14.1 billion in January-August 2024 versus December 31, 2023, up to EUR182.5 billion, central bank also showed on October 14, 2024. more

10.11.2024

Romania's central bank has a new Board of Directors, for a five-year term, led by Chairman and Governor Mugur Isarescu, starting October 11, 2024. more

10.04.2024

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Friday (Oct 4, 2024) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year, the level it reached in August 2024. more

10.03.2024

The Board of Directors of Romania's central bank authorized on October 1, 2024 the operation in Romania of Polish instant payment system BLIK. more

10.01.2024

Romania's foreign exchange reserves increased by EUR2.5 billion over the course of September 2024, up to EUR65.77 billion at the end of the month, compared with EUR63.18 billion at the end of August more

09.30.2024

Romania attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) totaling EUR6.74 billion in 2023, compared with a record level of EUR10 billion reported for 2022, an analysis by the country's central bank and the more

09.24.2024

Private lending in Romania went up 7.7% to RON407.8 billion in August 2024 compared with August 2023, central bank data showed on Tuesday (Sept 23, 2024). more

08.20.2024

Romania’s central bank expects the inflation to go down to 4% in December 2024 and 3.4% in the last month of 2025, a better outlook than in the previous forecast, particularly for the end of 2024, more

08.09.2024

Romania's central bank has revised downwards its inflation forecast to 4% for the end of 2024 from its previous projection of 4.9%, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said on Friday (August 9) at more

08.08.2024

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Bank of Romania (NBR) have agreed to renew a framework arrangement to provide euro liquidity to the latter via a repo line. more

08.07.2024

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Wednesday (August 7) to lower its benchmark interest rate to 6.50% a year from 6.75% a year, starting August 8. more

07.31.2024

The Bucharest Stock Exchange’s Board of Governors has convened the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for September 3-4 to authorize the board to approve the Business Plan of CCP.RO more

07.05.2024

Romania's central bank has decided at its Board meeting on Friday (July 5) to lower its benchmark interest rate to 6.75% a year from 7% a year, starting July 8. more

06.20.2024

The official ranking of the ten largest banks in Romania in 2023, published by the country's national bank BNR in the annual report for 2023, lists Banca Transilvania as leader last year, being more