The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) senior representatives across the region provide updates on the transition in various key markets.
Tag - Financial Services
Hungarian banking group Takarékbank is set to become one of the country’s largest banking networks. Launched on May 6 from the merger of Mohácsi Savings Bank, Pannon...
French banking group Société Générale has sold its stake in Slovenia’s SKB and subsidiaries SKB Leasing and SKB Leasing Select to Hungarian group OTP bank. “I...
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has labelled a banking tax proposed by the country’s Social Democratic party – part of the ruling coalition – as...
Raiffeisen has been operating in Kosovo since 2003. Emerging Europe speaks to the bank's CEO, Robert Wright, about the country's potential across a number of sectors, as...
Outgoing Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has spoken with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde about Ukraine’s financial...
RM international, a company controlled by Viktor Orbán’s right-hand-man Lőrinc Mészáros, is part of a consortium that has won the 2.3 billion euros tender to upgrade the...
Estonia’s financial watchdog has said that “unacceptable” clients remain in the country’s banking system, despite tougher regulations put in...
The Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG) has declared Montenegrin bank Atlas Banka bankrupt and has started insolvency proceedings. On April 7, CBCG representatives said...
Hungarian banking group OTP has completed the acquisition of Banka Societe Generale Albania (SGAL), the Albanian subsidiary of the Société Générale Group. “I am...
The case for deeper financial integration in emerging Europe remains strong as the Vienna Initiative marks a decade since its launch as a unique public-private forum...
The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) launched a new competitiveness programme which aims to bring the country’s economy equal with neighbouring Austria. “Due to the...
