Reporter
Claudia Medrega
- Fields
- Banks-Insurance, Macroeconomics, Analysis
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 124
Anytime Romania Aims to Invest EUR30M in 4-5 Years
Anytime Romania, the digital insurance brand of Interamerican, part of Dutch group Achmea, after around one year of activity locally reached around 60,000 clients and over RON100 million in...
Banca Transilvania Aims to Hit EUR100B Assets by 2030
Banca Transilvania, leader of the Romanian banking system, wants to grow above the market average and reach assets worth EUR100 billion by 2030, more than double the current level, says Hori...
Romanian Households’ Net Wealth Triples in Two Decades to over RON2,000B
Despite all crises and the economic slowdown of recent years, Romanians have kept amassing wealth, with households’ net wealth tripling in the past two decades, to over RON2,000, equivalent...
Romania Antitrust Body Slaps Ten Banks with RON3.73B Total Fine for Alleged ROBOR-Setting Collusion
Romania’s Competition Council has fined ten banks a total RON3.73 billion (EUR710 million) for breaching competition norms by colluding in the procedure of setting ROBOR.
Romania Banking System Rakes In almost RON3.4B Net Profit in Q1/2026, Down around 9% YOY
Banks are faring well even in difficult times, adjusting to the new reality characterized by the economy entering recession, persistent inflation, high interest rates and big deficits, with...
Intesa Sanpaolo Romania Generates EUR1M Net Gain in Q1/2026 amid EUR24M Revenues
Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the subsidiary of the Italian group of the same name, in the first quarter of 2026 generated net profit worth EUR1 million (RON5 million), as operating income totale...
UniCredit Bank Romania Reports EUR80M Net Profit for Q1/2026 amid EUR230M Revenues
Italian group UniCredit reported for the Romania bank a loan volume worth EUR13.3 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up around 7% from the year-earlier period, and EUR15 billion deposits,...
Romania Banking System Boasts Record High Profit of around RON16B in 2025
The still high interest rates and continued lending drove the Romanian banking system profit to a record high of about RON16 billion in 2025, up from 2024, when the gain had topped RON14 bil...
Romanian Households' Net Wealth Doubles To over RON1,900B Since 2019
Despite the pandemic and the recent economic slowdown, during the 2019-2025 period Romania household net wealth doubled from RON940 billion to RON1,900 billion. The data is published in BNR’...
Romania Banking System Profit Hits New Peak of over RON11.6B in 9M 2025
The still high interest rates and continued lending in the first nine months of 2025 brought an over RON11.6 billion net profit for Romania banking system made up of 30 banks, in line with c...
UniCredit Bank Rakes in EUR705M Revenues in Romania in Jan-Sept 2025, Up 38% YOY
UniCredit Bank generated EUR705 million revenues in Romania in the first nine months of 2025, up 38% from the year-earlier period, while net profit reached EUR232 million.
Romania Banking System Rakes in over RON7.4B Profit in H1/2025, Close to H1/2024 Level
Large banks were in the black in the first half of 2025, but results were mixed, with some managing to derive higher profits against H1/2024, while other lending institutions registered decl...