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Cristian Hostiuc

Editorial Director

Cristian Hostiuc

Fields
Banks-Insurance, Companies, Macroeconomics
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
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CEC Bank’s New Management Team Both Incomplete, Unapproved By Central Bank
Banks-Insurance

CEC Bank’s New Management Team Both Incomplete, Unapproved By Central Bank

The new management team of CEC Bank announced four month ago is now incomplete and those who accepted the positions have not filed for approval with the Central Bank BNR.

Cristian Hostiuc · 07.09.2015 · 14:00 · 1 min
Ciorcila, Banca Transilvania: We Have Always Had The Decision In Our Hands, That’s Why We Grew
Banks-Insurance

Ciorcila, Banca Transilvania: We Have Always Had The Decision In Our Hands, That’s Why We Grew

Paradoxically, for lender Banca Transilvania, the crisis has become the best opportunity for growth on the banking market, while the other entities have pulled back from the lending market d...

Cristian Hostiuc · 02.05.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Top Bank Salaries In December 2011
Banks-Insurance

Top Bank Salaries In December 2011

Romanian bankers from Spanish group La Caixa continue to be the best-paid in the Romanian banking system, ending 2011 with an average net wage of 10844 lei (EUR2490) in December.

Cristian Hostiuc · 28.02.2012 · 16:52 · 1 min
Banca Transilvania CEO Resignation Points To Shift In Strategy
Banks-Insurance

Banca Transilvania CEO Resignation Points To Shift In Strategy

As soon as Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) announced the resignation of its chief executive officer, the question on everybody’s lips was: why did Robert Rekkers leave?

Cristian Hostiuc · 20.01.2012 · 15:25 · 1 min
Macroeconomics · CRISTIAN HOSTIUC, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF ZIARUL FINANCIAR

We'll Escape The Crisis When We Choose To Leave It

Journalistically speaking, 2011 has been an extraordinary year. So full of events and also so many systems, markets, taboos, customs, people, entire countries called into question that every...

Cristian Hostiuc · 23.12.2011 · 14:39 · 4 min
Top Paying Banks In Romania. Find How Much Lenders Paid Their Staff In September
Banks-Insurance · ZF EXCLUSIVE

Top Paying Banks In Romania. Find How Much Lenders Paid Their Staff In September

Banking employees continue to be the best-paid workers in Romania, earning twice as much as the average salary. According to end-of-September data, the average monthly net salary in the 40 b...

Cristian Hostiuc · 14.12.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Gainers And Losers Of The Romanian Banking System
Banks-Insurance

Gainers And Losers Of The Romanian Banking System

The ranking of Romanian banks at the end of September indicates a few changes in the top 10 by assets, but the banks’ balance sheets, the quality of loans and of clients, and the daily activ...

Cristian Hostiuc · 09.12.2011 · 00:00 · 4 min
RCS&RDS Gets EUR200M Syndicated Loan From BCR, CEC, Credit Suisse
Technology &Telecoms

RCS&RDS Gets EUR200M Syndicated Loan From BCR, CEC, Credit Suisse

Romanian internet and telecom operator RCS&RDS has taken out a EUR200 million syndicated loan from Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), CEC Bank and Switzerland’s Credit Suisse.

Cristian Hostiuc · 30.11.2011 · 14:31 · 1 min
Head Of Creditcoop: I Don’t Know Many Bankers Who Can Boast Our Results
Banks-Insurance

Head Of Creditcoop: I Don’t Know Many Bankers Who Can Boast Our Results

Banca Centrala Cooperatista Creditcoop (Central Cooperative Bank Creditcoop), with its 47 subordinated cooperative banks, hopes to end the year with a gross profit of 12 million lei and over...

Cristian Hostiuc · 16.11.2011 · 00:00 · 4 min
Third Quarter Macroeconomic Data Restores Analyst Optimism About Full-Year Growth
Macroeconomics

Third Quarter Macroeconomic Data Restores Analyst Optimism About Full-Year Growth

The better than expected economic growth in the third quarter, which President Traian Basescu puts at 3%, is driving analysts’ estimates for the entire year up towards 2% compared with 1.5%...

Cristian Hostiuc · 01.11.2011 · 00:00 · 3 min
Pascariu, Unicredit: Romania Has No Money To Create Or Buy A Large Bank
Banks-Insurance

Pascariu, Unicredit: Romania Has No Money To Create Or Buy A Large Bank

Dan Pascariu, chairman of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit Tiriac Bank, believes the Romanian government lacks the money to create or buy a large bank that can make a difference on the mar...

Cristian Hostiuc · 31.10.2011 · 00:00 · 4 min
BNR Sets Up Bridge Bank To Save Ailing Banks
Banks-Insurance

BNR Sets Up Bridge Bank To Save Ailing Banks

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is to complete and approve the regulations of the operation of a new financial institution on the local market - the so-called bridge bank, which should be...

Cristian Hostiuc · 31.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min