Besides Banca Transilvania and Exim – Banca Romaneasca, Raiffeisen Bank is also involved, banking sources say. UniCredit, which had initially shown strong interest, has since dropped out.
After these talks, the final financial bids should be submitted in early September, the sources added.
The sale of OTP Bank is the deal of the year in the Romanian banking sector and whoever succeeds in buying it will add a market share of almost 3%, with assets of almost EUR4 billion.
OTP Bank Romania ranked 10th at the end of last year in a banking market where the top 10 banks control more than 80% of total banking assets.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)