05.27.2013

Romanian private lending fell 1.9% in real terms to 220 billion lei (EUR50.4 billion) in April, from RON223.8 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

05.21.2013

A steady economic growth could prompt bankers to resume lending as of this fall, the head of the Romanian Banking Association said Tuesday. more

04.24.2013

Romanian private lending inched up 0.5% in real terms to 223.8 billion lei (EUR51.38 billion) in March, from RON222.7 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

04.03.2013

TBI Bank, the Romanian subsidiary of TBI Bank EAD Sofia operated by Dutch financial group TBIF Financial Services, wants to grant loans of EUR60-70 million to individuals and firms and attract more

04.02.2013

Romanian banks use most of their loan revenue to repay the capital received from mother banks, as the latter continue a deleveraging process started last year, an official of the central bank said more

03.26.2013

Romanian private lending fell 0.6% in real terms to 222.7 billion lei (EUR50.5 billion) in February, from RON223.4 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

03.11.2013

The average interest rate on the new leu-denominated corporate loans increased to almost 10% a year, 0.5% above the minimum of last spring. This means bankers are again charging interests that used to more

02.25.2013

Romanian private lending fell 2.4% in real terms to 223.39 billion lei (EUR51 billion) in January, from RON225.87 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

02.06.2013

The major problem of banks in Romania is that they are very much stuck in consumer lending and have not developed their capability to finance the entrepreneurial sector, believes central bank (BNR) more

01.28.2013

The year 2013 will be lethargic – liquidity will no longer be a problem for the banking market, but we shall witness a lack of loan demand and it is very difficult to tell where economic growth will more

01.24.2013

Romanian private lending fell 3.5% in real terms to 225.87 billion lei (EUR51.7 billion) in December 2012, compared with the same month a year before, central bank data showed Thursday. more

12.28.2012

Romanian banks will provide corporate loans in foreign currency only after carrying out default risk simulations to take into account a severe depreciation of the leu against the main currencies, of more

12.28.2012

Romanian private lending fell 0.5% in real terms to 229 billion lei (EUR51.7 billion) in November, from RON230.1 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

12.10.2012

ING Bank Romania will grant household mortgage loans only in lei as of January 1, 2013, due to the risk of taking a loan in foreign currency while people’s income is earned in local currency, the more

11.26.2012

Romanian private lending fell 0.6% in real terms to 230.1 billion lei (EUR50.8 billion) in October, from RON230.8 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

10.23.2012

Romanian private lending inched up 0.1% in real terms to 230.78 billion lei (EUR50.4 billion) in September, from RON227.93 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

10.10.2012

Euro area banks are targeting lower loan-to-deposit ratios and less cross-border funding in Central and Eastern Europe, leading to flat or negative near-term credit growth in the region, particularly more

09.25.2012

Romanian private lending fell 2.1% to 227.93 billion lei (EUR50.4 billion) in August, from RON231.5 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

09.18.2012

Romania’s central bank may extend the scope of its recently introduced foreign lending regulations to cover a wider range of debtors exposed to exchange rate fluctuations, including small- and more

08.24.2012

Romanian private lending rose 1.4% to 231.56 billion lei (EUR51.6 billion) in July, from RON227.08 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

07.24.2012

Romanian private lending edged down to 227.08 billion lei (EUR49.3 billion) in June, from RON227.09 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

07.04.2012

Romanians did not rush to borrow money from banks in the first half of the year despite promotional offers. Those who will seek to a get a loan soon might pay high interests and find it more difficult more

06.27.2012

Romanian private lending inched up 0.9% in real terms to 227.09 billion lei (EUR50.85 billion) in May from a month earlier, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

06.21.2012

Bankers in Romania say that even though they have funds, they will wait for the economy and lending demand to rebound first before promoting loan sales more aggressively. more

06.07.2012

The parent banks of three of the largest Romanian lenders, BCR, Raiffeisen and UniCredit Tiriac Bank, had their ratings downgraded by Moody’s on Wednesday, because their exposure to the region is more