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Erste Says BCR Will Have Money For Loans Regardless Of Rating
The parent banks of three of the largest Romanian lenders, BCR, Raiffeisen and UniCredit Tiriac Bank, had their ratings downgraded by Moody’s on Wednesday, because their exposure to the regi...
Cross-Border Lending To Romania Fell To $52.8B In 4Q 2011 - BIS
Cross-border lending to Romania’s economy fell by $3.8 billion (or 6.7%) at the end of last year to $52.8 billion, from $56.7 billion at the end of September 2011, and by $9.4 billion (15%)...
Bancpost Official: Leu Depreciation Is Worrying Us, But It Has Not Reached A Critical Threshold
The weakening of the leu against the euro by around 2% in the past few weeks is a reason for concern regarding clients’ ability to repay their foreign currency loans, but at least for now it...
Citibank Head: The First Quarter Was A Prelude To A Flat Year, In Contrast With The Optimism Of Spring 2011
The biggest risk that the local economy is facing this year concerns the impact that a prospective “disorderly exit” of Greece from the euro zone would have on the risk perception of Romania...
Lower Rates And Central Bank’s Pressures Not Enough To Drive Leu Lending Up
Romanian banks sell as few leu-denominated loans that they will not even cover the repayments made by customers, therefore the volume of loans in local currency has gone down by RON1 billion...
BNR’s Greatest Fear: Aggressive Lending Cut By European Banks
The fast, excessive and erratic reduction of lending by euro zone banks on the local market is the greatest risk threatening Romania, the central bank (BNR) believes, as a consequence of the...
Lending Lags, Despite Key Rate Cuts, Because Banks Are Morphing
Consecutive key rate reductions are not reflected in a resumption of credit because banks, especially Greek and Austrian-owned ones, are unfolding a gradual adjustment of the loan to deposit...
Leu Depreciation Could Benefit Local Currency Lending And Exports, But Strikes At Trust And Inflation
The leu's depreciation towards 4.4 against the euro could support the strategy recently adopted by Romania's central bank to encourage lending in lei, and could amount to a breath of fresh a...
Individual And Corporate Debtors Are More Exposed To Leu Depreciation Than In 2008
Romania’s exposure to foreign currency loans, the country’s biggest vulnerability, has increased instead of falling in the three years since the start of the international financial crisis.