Banking

Banking

Erste Group reports net income down 77%

Austriaʼs Erste Group booked net income of EUR 27.3 million at its business in Hungary in Q1-Q3, down 77% from...

Banking

Romania central bank FX reserves rise in October

The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Romaniaʼs central bank, excluding gold, totaled EUR 33.795 billion at the end of...

Banking

Leasing outlays fall 23% in Q1-Q3

Leasing outlays in Hungary reached HUF 425 billion in Q1-Q3, down 23p% from the same period a year earlier, the...

Banking

AKKO Invest shares enter Premium category of BSE

Asset management company AKKO Investʼs shares are now being traded in the Premium category of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE),...

Banking

A New Bretton Woods Moment

For this week’s corporate finance column, former World Banker Les Nemethy takes a sobering look at the time bombs ticking...

Banking

Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program to be launched

The Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program will be launched, under which financial institutions, credit institutions and insurers based in Hungary...

Banking

Bulgariaʼs non-govʼt deposits growth speeds up in September

Deposits of Bulgariaʼs non-government sector rose by an annual 9% to BGN 89.8 billion (EUR 45.9 billion) at the end...

Banking

Romaniaʼs annual bank deposits growth, lending growth speeds up in Sep

The deposits of the non-governmental sector in Romanian banks grew 14.7% year-on-year to RON 397.1 billion (EUR 81 billion) in...

Banking

OTP fund managerʼs CyBERG stake over 5% disclosure threshold

The fund manager of OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, now holds a 5.1% stake in CyBERG, a company listed...

Banking

OTP disburses more than HUF 400 bln of prenatal baby support credit

OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, has disbursed HUF 405 billion of prenatal baby support loans since the launch of...

Banking

New commercial bank launches operation in Lithuania

PayRay, a Lithuanian financial sector company, has started a new page of its business service activities, local media reported....

Banking

Forint liquidity of banking sector rose in September

Forint liquidity of Hungaryʼs banking sector rose in September from a month earlier, which was mainly reflected in an increase...

Banking

OTP, Eximbank to launch HUF 25 bln private equity fund

Eximbank and OTP Bank are set to launch Regional Private Equity Fund II, with HUF 25 billion of starting capital...

Banking

Eximbank conducts most successful bond auction to date

Eximbank carried out a highly successful bond issuance last week, succeeding to raise an unprecedented HUF 52 billion with the...

Banking

OTP signs partnership agreement with SELEC to combat money laundering

OTP Bankʼs IT and Bank Security Directorate and the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) have signed a partnership agreement...

Banking

Erste Group reports net income down 77%

Austriaʼs Erste Group booked net income of EUR 27.3 million at its business in Hungary in Q1-Q3, down 77% from...

Banking

Romania central bank FX reserves rise in October

The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Romaniaʼs central bank, excluding gold, totaled EUR 33.795 billion at the end of...

Banking

Leasing outlays fall 23% in Q1-Q3

Leasing outlays in Hungary reached HUF 425 billion in Q1-Q3, down 23p% from the same period a year earlier, the...

Banking

AKKO Invest shares enter Premium category of BSE

Asset management company AKKO Investʼs shares are now being traded in the Premium category of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE),...

Banking

A New Bretton Woods Moment

For this week’s corporate finance column, former World Banker Les Nemethy takes a sobering look at the time bombs ticking...

Banking

Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program to be launched

The Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program will be launched, under which financial institutions, credit institutions and insurers based in Hungary...

Banking

Bulgariaʼs non-govʼt deposits growth speeds up in September

Deposits of Bulgariaʼs non-government sector rose by an annual 9% to BGN 89.8 billion (EUR 45.9 billion) at the end...

Banking

Romaniaʼs annual bank deposits growth, lending growth speeds up in Sep

The deposits of the non-governmental sector in Romanian banks grew 14.7% year-on-year to RON 397.1 billion (EUR 81 billion) in...

Banking

OTP fund managerʼs CyBERG stake over 5% disclosure threshold

The fund manager of OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, now holds a 5.1% stake in CyBERG, a company listed...

Banking

OTP disburses more than HUF 400 bln of prenatal baby support credit

OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, has disbursed HUF 405 billion of prenatal baby support loans since the launch of...

Banking

New commercial bank launches operation in Lithuania

PayRay, a Lithuanian financial sector company, has started a new page of its business service activities, local media reported....

Banking

Forint liquidity of banking sector rose in September

Forint liquidity of Hungaryʼs banking sector rose in September from a month earlier, which was mainly reflected in an increase...

Banking

OTP, Eximbank to launch HUF 25 bln private equity fund

Eximbank and OTP Bank are set to launch Regional Private Equity Fund II, with HUF 25 billion of starting capital...

Banking

Eximbank conducts most successful bond auction to date

Eximbank carried out a highly successful bond issuance last week, succeeding to raise an unprecedented HUF 52 billion with the...

Banking

OTP signs partnership agreement with SELEC to combat money laundering

OTP Bankʼs IT and Bank Security Directorate and the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) have signed a partnership agreement...

Erste Group reports net income down 77%

Austriaʼs Erste Group booked net income of EUR 27.3 million at its business in Hungary in Q1-Q3, down 77% from...

Romania central bank FX reserves rise in October

The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Romaniaʼs central bank, excluding gold, totaled EUR 33.795 billion at the end of...

Leasing outlays fall 23% in Q1-Q3

Leasing outlays in Hungary reached HUF 425 billion in Q1-Q3, down 23p% from the same period a year earlier, the...

AKKO Invest shares enter Premium category of BSE

Asset management company AKKO Investʼs shares are now being traded in the Premium category of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE),...

A New Bretton Woods Moment

For this week’s corporate finance column, former World Banker Les Nemethy takes a sobering look at the time bombs ticking...

Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program to be launched

The Digital Welfare Financial Trademark Program will be launched, under which financial institutions, credit institutions and insurers based in Hungary...

Bulgariaʼs non-govʼt deposits growth speeds up in September

Deposits of Bulgariaʼs non-government sector rose by an annual 9% to BGN 89.8 billion (EUR 45.9 billion) at the end...

Romaniaʼs annual bank deposits growth, lending growth speeds up in Sep

The deposits of the non-governmental sector in Romanian banks grew 14.7% year-on-year to RON 397.1 billion (EUR 81 billion) in...

OTP fund managerʼs CyBERG stake over 5% disclosure threshold

The fund manager of OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, now holds a 5.1% stake in CyBERG, a company listed...

OTP disburses more than HUF 400 bln of prenatal baby support credit

OTP Bank, Hungaryʼs biggest commercial lender, has disbursed HUF 405 billion of prenatal baby support loans since the launch of...

New commercial bank launches operation in Lithuania

PayRay, a Lithuanian financial sector company, has started a new page of its business service activities, local media reported....

Forint liquidity of banking sector rose in September

Forint liquidity of Hungaryʼs banking sector rose in September from a month earlier, which was mainly reflected in an increase...

OTP, Eximbank to launch HUF 25 bln private equity fund

Eximbank and OTP Bank are set to launch Regional Private Equity Fund II, with HUF 25 billion of starting capital...

Eximbank conducts most successful bond auction to date

Eximbank carried out a highly successful bond issuance last week, succeeding to raise an unprecedented HUF 52 billion with the...

OTP signs partnership agreement with SELEC to combat money laundering

OTP Bankʼs IT and Bank Security Directorate and the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) have signed a partnership agreement...