EximBank is also considering relocating more of its offices countrywide.

BNP Paribas Real Estate said in July EximBank would move its headquarters from the United Nations Boulevard (Bucharest) to Kiseleff Palace, where it rented 3,800 square meters.

Kiseleff Palace offers about 6,000 square meters of class-A office space. The villa was built 100 years ago.

EximBank registered gross profit of about 30 million lei (EUR6.7 million) in the first half of 2013, double on the year, as its revenues rose some 5% and operating costs fell 15%.

The bank opened four offices since the beginning of the year, expanding its network to 16 units. (EUR1=RON4.4478)