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Insurance Switching Campaign Returns as MNB Releases Home Insurance Index

Hungary heads into the March home-insurance switching window with two signals that matter more than headline premium changes. The insured...

Banking

Is There Really a Necessity for Bank Consolidation in Hungary?

Some portray Hungary’s banking sector as fragmented; certainly, Minister for National Economy Márton Nagy seems to think so. Yet others...

Banking

Banking in 2026: From Strong Profits to Strategic Reinvention

Global banks have entered 2026 in a position of resilience despite geopolitical volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty. As outlined in EY’s...

Banking

Banks Face Heavy Tax Burden as Profits Fall

Hungary's banking sector saw its combined after‑tax profit drop to HUF 1.502 trillion in 2025, an 8% decline from the...

Real Estate, Banking, Office Market

Erste Bank, CPI Extend EUR 120 mln Stop Shop Financing

Erste Group and CPI Europe AG, the owner of the Stop Shop retail park portfolio in Hungary, have agreed to...

Banking

Home Start Outlays Reach 18,000

Banks' outlays of Home Start subsidized credit for 1st-time home buyers has reached 18,000 in the first 4.5 months since...

Banking

EBRD Lends EUR 20 mln to OTP Unit in Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a local currency senior loan of up to EUR 20...

Banking

Insurance Switching Campaign Returns as MNB Releases Home Insurance Index

Hungary heads into the March home-insurance switching window with two signals that matter more than headline premium changes. The insured...

Banking

Is There Really a Necessity for Bank Consolidation in Hungary?

Some portray Hungary’s banking sector as fragmented; certainly, Minister for National Economy Márton Nagy seems to think so. Yet others...

Banking

Banking in 2026: From Strong Profits to Strategic Reinvention

Global banks have entered 2026 in a position of resilience despite geopolitical volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty. As outlined in EY’s...

Banking

Banks Face Heavy Tax Burden as Profits Fall

Hungary's banking sector saw its combined after‑tax profit drop to HUF 1.502 trillion in 2025, an 8% decline from the...

Real Estate, Banking, Office Market

Erste Bank, CPI Extend EUR 120 mln Stop Shop Financing

Erste Group and CPI Europe AG, the owner of the Stop Shop retail park portfolio in Hungary, have agreed to...

Banking

Home Start Outlays Reach 18,000

Banks' outlays of Home Start subsidized credit for 1st-time home buyers has reached 18,000 in the first 4.5 months since...

Banking

EBRD Lends EUR 20 mln to OTP Unit in Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a local currency senior loan of up to EUR 20...

Insurance Switching Campaign Returns as MNB Releases Home Insurance Index

Hungary heads into the March home-insurance switching window with two signals that matter more than headline premium changes. The insured...

MBH Bank After-tax Profit Falls 17% in 2025

Consolidated after-tax profit at MBH Bank, Hungary’s second-largest commercial lender, decreased by approximately 17% to HUF 165.1 billion in 2025,...

Is There Really a Necessity for Bank Consolidation in Hungary?

Some portray Hungary’s banking sector as fragmented; certainly, Minister for National Economy Márton Nagy seems to think so. Yet others...

Banking in 2026: From Strong Profits to Strategic Reinvention

Global banks have entered 2026 in a position of resilience despite geopolitical volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty. As outlined in EY’s...

Banks Face Heavy Tax Burden as Profits Fall

Hungary's banking sector saw its combined after‑tax profit drop to HUF 1.502 trillion in 2025, an 8% decline from the...

Erste Bank Hungary After-tax Profit Rises 14% in 2025

After-tax profit of Austrian-owned Erste Bank Hungary rose 14% to HUF 150 bln in 2025, chairman-CEO Radovan Jelasity said, according...

OTP Bank Q4 Profit Rises 19%, Full-year Profit up 7%

Fourth-quarter after-tax profit of OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, rose 19% year-on-year to HUF 297.3 bln, an earnings report...

Hungary Leasing Market Grows 7% in 2025, Surpasses HUF 1 tln Mark

The value of new leases in Hungary rose 7% to HUF 1.037 trillion in 2025, the head of the Hungarian...

Erste Bank, CPI Extend EUR 120 mln Stop Shop Financing

Erste Group and CPI Europe AG, the owner of the Stop Shop retail park portfolio in Hungary, have agreed to...

Home Start Outlays Reach 18,000

Banks' outlays of Home Start subsidized credit for 1st-time home buyers has reached 18,000 in the first 4.5 months since...

EBRD Lends EUR 20 mln to OTP Unit in Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a local currency senior loan of up to EUR 20...

Banking Sector Stability Indicators Remain Favorable – MNB

The Hungarian banking sector's stability indicators remain favourable, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said in a report on Tuesday,...

OTP Marks 30 Years on Budapest Stock Exchange

OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, celebrated the 30th anniversary of its listing on the Budapest Stock Exchange at an...

Home Start Mobilizes over 50,000 1st-time Home Buyers

Over 50,000 people took steps to participate in the Home Start credit scheme for first-time home buyers during the first...