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Consumer Loans Surge Nearly 47% To Over RON4B In Jan-Feb 2020, Reaching Ten-Year High
Banks-Insurance

Consumer Loans Surge Nearly 47% To Over RON4B In Jan-Feb 2020, Reaching Ten-Year High

In the first two months of 2020, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Romanians took out new consumer loans in lei and euro worth over RON4 billion, higher by RON1.28 billion, or by...

Ecaterina Craciun · 16.04.2020 · 10:58 · 1 min
Romania Will Need to Borrow at Least EUR26B in 2020
Banks-Insurance

Romania Will Need to Borrow at Least EUR26B in 2020

The coronavirus crisis has raised expenses and cut revenues to the state budget and Romania will need to borrow at least EUR26 billion to finance its budget deficit and external debt.

Oana Gavrila · 15.04.2020 · 19:50 · 1 min
Romanian Central Bank Starts Buying Government Bonds
Banks-Insurance

Romanian Central Bank Starts Buying Government Bonds

Romania's central bank has approved and started the acquisition of government bonds to help finance ballooning expenses prompted by the coronavirus crisis, a central bank official said Tuesd...

Oana Gavrila · 14.04.2020 · 12:40 · 1 min
Omer Tetik, BT: Romania Can Use The Present Moment As An Opportunity To Relaunch Public Investments In Hospitals, Infrastructure
Banks-Insurance

Omer Tetik, BT: Romania Can Use The Present Moment As An Opportunity To Relaunch Public Investments In Hospitals, Infrastructure

Romania can use the present moment as an opportunity to relaunch public investments in key fields, such as the healthcare system and the infrastructure, considering that the banking system h...

Ecaterina Craciun · 14.04.2020 · 11:51 · 1 min
Romania Raises RON443.6M Selling Dec 2022 Bonds at 3.76% Average Yield
Banks-Insurance

Romania Raises RON443.6M Selling Dec 2022 Bonds at 3.76% Average Yield

Romania's finance ministry on Monday raised 443.6 million lei (EUR91.84 million) selling bonds maturing in December 2022 at an average yield of 3.76%, central bank data showed.

Oana Gavrila · 13.04.2020 · 16:32 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Raiffeisen Bank Manager: 9-Month Loan Deferral Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution

Catalin Munteanu, executive manager for individual customers at Raiffeisen Bank, said Mnday deferring loan installments for up to nine months is not a solution that fist any situation and cu...

Oana Gavrila · 13.04.2020 · 13:11 · 1 min
Patria Bank OKs Issue Of 20,000 Bonds, Worth A Total EUR10M, Their Admission To Trading Via Tradeville
Banks-Insurance

Patria Bank OKs Issue Of 20,000 Bonds, Worth A Total EUR10M, Their Admission To Trading Via Tradeville

Shareholders of lender Patria Bank (PBK.RO) on Friday approved a decision to issue 20,000 unsecured, non-convertible and subordinated bonds, denominated in euro, with nominal value of EUR500...

Ecaterina Craciun · 10.04.2020 · 20:34 · 1 min
ING Bank To Replace Its Own Support Scheme with Payment Moratorium Decree
Banks-Insurance

ING Bank To Replace Its Own Support Scheme with Payment Moratorium Decree

Lender ING Bank will replace its own support scheme for customers seeking to postpone loan repayments with the government decree allowing deferrals of up to nine months, saying the decree of...

Oana Gavrila · 10.04.2020 · 10:20 · 1 min
65% In Banca Transilvania Directly And Indirectly Owned By Romanian Investors
Capital Market

65% In Banca Transilvania Directly And Indirectly Owned By Romanian Investors

Romanian investors – retail investors, regional investment funds (SIF), private pension funds, own 65% in Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), the data in the 2019 report of the lender’s board of di...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 10.04.2020 · 09:00 · 1 min