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Romanians withdraw 5bn euros from ATMs
Cash withdrawals and card-based transactions at retailers resumed growth in the second quarter of the year, with the cumulated value of such operations exceeding 25 billion RON (around 5.9 b...
Credit demand still not showing signs of revival
The population and economic operators continue to be reserved when it comes to taking out a loan, with the number of requests submitted to banks having settled at around 120,000, despite rel...
NBR preparation for the crisis: quarterly stress tests and bankruptcy simulation
Simulating bankruptcy of a bank, putting together action plans in case of a systemic crisis and quarterly stress tests for banks have been some of the exercises conducted by the NBR (Nationa...
NBR: Loan and deposit interests are still too high
The National Bank of Romania considers the average interest rates of time deposits and new loans are still distorted compared with the key interest, so that the monetary policy relaxation pu...
Only seven banks with more than 5% in market share
The biggest five banks on the market concentrate 54% of the total assets, and 26 banks have market shares of less than 1%, according to the data in the Annual Report of the NBR.
Overdue loans come to account for 2.78% in overall loans
Total overdue loans on the Romanian market climbed to 5.56bn RON (1.31bn euros) in May, being 10.5% above the 5.03bn RON level registered in the previous month and more than 3.4 times higher...
NBR signal reaches market: Over 14 banks have cut interests on deposits
It has taken banks three weeks to adapt their offer after the National Bank gave a signal for a reduction of interest rates on deposits, by its decision to reduce the key interest rate by 0....
ING and UniCredit see the euro at 4.50 RON at yearend
The NBR (National Bank of Romania) could reduce the monetary policy interest rate by half a percentage point on June 30, to 9% a year, without it having a negative influence on the RON/EUR e...
Basescu says NBR's optimism about the trend of the economy is not grounded
President Traian Basescu yesterday coldly announced during the Government's extraordinary meeting that the Romanian economy was going into recession, which means that instead of getting out...