LENDING
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Banks Have Cash To Step Up Lending, But No Trust
Banks have the cash to step up lending, but the money does not reach the economy due to the lack of trust between entrepreneurs and bankers, partly because of the hundreds of thousands of in...
After Rate Cut, Isarescu Tells Again Bankers To Go Look For Customers
Romania’s central bank on Tuesday cut the key rate again, to 2.75%, in another attempt to encourage lending. Governor Mugur Isarescu urges banks to get close to their customers and not expec...
KPMG: Banks In Romania Need To Finish Cleanup Process, Overcome Risk Aversion And Restart Lending
Banks in Romania need to complete balance sheet cleanup and focus on resuming lending, to the end of generating new sources of profitability and sustainable growth.
Banks In Romania See Loan Volumes Peter Out
End-August, banks in Romania had loans granted to individuals and companies worth 213.6 billion lei (EUR48.4 billion), the equivalent of almost RON8.5 billion below the level of the year ear...
Banks In Romania Slow Down Network Restructuring In Hope Of Lending Revival
Banks in Romania continued to reshuffle their territorial networks in the past year, but fewer units were closed down, a sign that bankers do not want to risk having too few units when lendi...
Bad Loan Ratio Falls After NPL Sales
The bad loan ratio has entered a downward trend in Romania after it peaked at 22.3% in March and analysts expect the trend to maintain amid the sale of certain portfolios of soured loans.
Gorj, Braila, Brasov Post Highest Lending Volume Growth In 1H
Gorj, Braila and Brasov counties registered the highest growth in terms of lending volume in the first six months (+21.9% in Gorj, +2.24% in Braila, +1.27% in Brasov), while overall loans vo...
Rise In Leu Lending Unable To Offset Decline In Foreign Currency Loans
Bank lending fell by almost 4% year-on-year in June, double as much as in May, due to the worsening decline in foreign currency loans and the slowdown of the growth of leu financing.
Mortgage Loans, Cheaper In Lei Than In Euro
Standard rates for mortgage loans in lei have become cheaper than foreign currency mortgages, following the interest rate decrease on the Romanian market.