02.25.2019

Private lending in Romania grew 0.5% (declined 0.4% in real terms) in January compared with December, to RON252.19 billion, central bank data showed Monday. more

01.25.2019

Private lending in Romania grew a marginal 0.1% (declined 0.02% in real terms) in December 2018 compared with November, to RON251.05 billion, central bank data showed Friday. more

10.23.2018

Romanian private lending grew 1.1% (0.6% in real terms) in September compared with August, to RON247.65 billion, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

08.22.2017

Romania's central bank said Tuesday there is no cause for concern regarding deposits in Romanian banks after the prime minister threatened to name banks that did not report profit and where deposits more

12.06.2016

Only 20% of Romanians trust banks, compared with approximately 55% of Albanians and 35% of Czechs, as per a new report of the World Bank released on Tuesday. more

08.29.2016

Guaranteed bank deposits of natural persons and legal entities at credit institutions participating in the Romanian Bank Deposits Guarantee Fund (FGDB) rose by RON2.2 billion in the first half of more

12.28.2015

Romanian private lending rose 1.9% in November compared with October, to RON218.5 billion, central bank data showed Monday. more

06.11.2015

Petre Tulin, general manager of Romanian lender Banca Comerciala Feroviara (BCF), took over the position of deputy general manager of Romanian Bank Deposits Guarantee Fund, the fund said on its more

06.02.2015

The Romanian units of Greek lenders Alpha Bank, Bancpost and Piraeus Bank reported total deposits of EUR4.3 billion (nearly RON19 billion) end-March, down 8% compared with December 2014, according to more

05.26.2015

Customers that place their money in bank deposits should rather look at the real interest rate, which currently is higher than a few years ago, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday. more

04.17.2015

Companies in Romania had deposits worth 170 billion lei (EUR38 billion) with local banks at the end of March, down by the equivalent of RON9.5 billion from December 2014, amid the falling interest more

04.14.2015

A one-year investment in Romania’s sheep farming market means a 1,400-sheep flock, which, left to shepherds, has the capacity to bring returns as high as 37%, reveals a ZF analysis. more

02.17.2015

Foreigners, largely banking groups, at the end of 2014 held around EUR5.8 billion in medium and long-term deposits opened with local banks, 32% below the record high reached in 2011. In 2014 alone, more

01.29.2015

Banks in Romania had loans granted to individuals and companies worth around 212 billion lei (the equivalent of EUR47 billion) at the end of 2014, down RON7 billion against the end of 2013. The more

12.17.2014

Foreigners, largely banking groups, had medium and long-term deposits opened with local banks worth EUR5.8 billion in late October, 10% below the level of the year-earlier period. October alone saw more

09.24.2014

End-August, banks in Romania had loans granted to individuals and companies worth 213.6 billion lei (EUR48.4 billion), the equivalent of almost RON8.5 billion below the level of the year earlier more

09.17.2014

Banks in Romania had medium and long-term deposits set by non-residents, mostly forms of support from parent banks, worth the equivalent of EUR6.42 billion in late July, EUR150 million above the more

07.15.2014

At the end of April, banks in Romania had medium and long-term deposits set up by non-residents, particularly forms of support from parent banks, worth EUR6.54 billion, which was about EUR90 million more

05.29.2014

The decline of bank interest rates below 4% a year has hindered the appeal of deposits as a savings tool and bank clients are seeking more profitable alternatives. more

05.28.2014

Veneto Banca Bucharest, the Romanian unit of Italy’s banking group Veneto Banca, expects it will attract around EUR70 million in new deposits this year, the bank’s outgoing general manager Paolo more

05.09.2014

Loans were only 2% higher than the deposits of consumers and companies at the end of March, so banks are close to balance the loan to deposit ratio, meaning the lending will be funded entirely from more

04.16.2014

Households and companies in Romania held banking deposits guaranteed through the domestic depositor insurance scheme worth the equivalent of 159 billion lei (around EUR35 billion), namely a little more

04.15.2014

Foreigners’ medium and long-term deposits at domestic banks, particularly forms of support from parent banks, stabilized during the February-March period at around EUR6.5 billion, signaling a break more

04.14.2014

The total value of bank deposits guaranteed by the Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund (FGDB) stood at 159.2 billion lei (EUR35.6 billion) at the end of March 2014, which translates into a 1.4% quarterly more

03.10.2014

Individual depositors had 10.7 billion lei (EUR2.4 billion) savings kept in deposits maturing in more than a year at the end of January, a 30% increase on the year-ago period, according to Romania’s more