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• EBRD has launched a €150 million programme to back medium- to long-term bonds issued by the Romanian financial institutions
• Erste Group launches capital increase of EUR 660m
• National Bank of Romania cuts the reference rate to 5%
• VBAG and RZB Group reach an agreement
• IMF Completes Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under the SBA for Romania
• UniCredit Tiriac Bank successfully closed the bond issuance
• The Message of EBRD president, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, for Romanian politicians: reduce corruption, remove blockages in the country's development, stimulate investments
• Romania has become the EBRD's third largest country of operations in terms of business portfolio
• Sir Suma Chakrabarti: My life of public service
• EBRD President visits Romania
• EBRD steps up support for Romanian SMEs
• Guillermo Tolosa, the new IMF Resident Representative in Romania and Bulgaria
• UniCredit Tiriac Bank issued 5-year bonds worth 500 million RON, with an interest rate of 6% per year
• Karl Sevelda named new Chief Executive Officer of RBI
• Erste Group pays EUR 98 million in interest to the Republic of Austria
• Banca Comerciala Carpatica’s (BCC) gross profit during the first quarter of 2013 almost doubles versus the same period last year
• CEE Banking Sector: commitment will be rewarded
• IMF: Deleveraging Abating in Emerging Europe amid Regulatory and Structural Shifts
• ING to sell custody services in 7 European countries to Citi
• Erste Bank: every other Austrian cannot name a single example for a security
• European Banking Authority: Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities calls for action on cross-sectoral risks
• European Commission opens investigation into MasterCard inter-bank fees
• Statement of Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, to the press conference (with Q&A)
• Central Bank of Cyprus: Resolution measures implemented under the Resolution of Credit and Other Institutions Law, 2013 at the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank
• National Bank of Romania keeps the monetary policy rate unchanged at 5.25 percent
• GarantiBank Romania Macroeconomic Report: RON to appreciate by around 2% during 2013; more restrictions on FX lending has been enforced as of March 2013
• Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus
• Basel Committee issues consultative document on recognising the cost of credit protection purchased
• IMF Approves Three-Month Extension of SBA for Romania
• EBA publishes results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 30 June 2012
• IASB releases revised proposals on accounting for impairment of loans and other financial assets, moving to an expected loss model
• UniCredit: 4Q12 Group Results
• European Banking Authority (EBA): Update on the technical standards on supervisory reporting requirements
• Erste Group launches permanent buy-out offer for minority shareholders of BCR
• Raiffeisen Bank Romania ends 2012 with a profit after tax of EUR 88 million
• BCR borrows 50 million euros from EIB for SMEs lending
• BCR reported a net loss of RON 1,234.7 million (EUR 276.9 million) in 2012
• Visa and Samsung Sign Global Alliance Agreement to Accelerate Mobile (NFC) Payments
• Top romanian banks in 2012: BCR and BRD continue to lose ground, Transilvania and CEC are the winners
• Ralph Hamers nominated CEO of ING Group as of 1 October 2013
• Erste Bank: CEE growth drivers intact but innovation is needed to start convergence 2.0
• EBRD invests in safe water and sanitation services for Romanians
• Erste Bank & Sparkasse: Another Initiative for More Financial Education in Austria
• Visa Launches Mobile Managed Service
• ING posts 2012 underlying net profit of EUR 2,603 million
• Raiffeisen Bank International: Full year pre-tax profit 2012 slightly above € 1 bn (consolidated profit over € 700 mn)
• Statement by the IMF and the EC on the Review of Romania's Economic Program
• Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management
• KPMG report: Romania needs to develop a mid and long term viable fiscal strategy
• Vienna Initiative 2 submitted observations on cross-border resolution
• ESMA and the EBA take action to strengthen Euribor and benchmark rate-setting processes
• Basel Committee issues "Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting - final document"
• Millennium Bank offers cash prizes to clients who open salary accounts
• Garanti Bank Romania rating upgraded to BBB-
• Erste Group enters into an agreement to sell Erste Bank Ukraine
• How a French banker saved a Greek bank in Romania
• Responsible lending and financial education inspire Romanians confidence in quick, home loans
• Joint Committee publishes report on the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements for e-money in the EU
• Responsible lending, perhaps the most important lesson of the crisis
• KRUK Group reported net profit reached PLN 54m in Q3 2012
• EBRD will help Romania access EU funds, advance structural reforms
• Citibank and Junior Achievement Teach 4500 Students How to Become Entrepreneurs
• MasterCard Statement on Preliminary Approval in U.S. Merchant Litigation
• BCR economists forecast for 2013 an inflation much higher than the National Bank of Romania (NBR) estimates
• EBRD calls for expanding access to new eurozone banking union
• Erste Group awarded Best Private Bank in Central & Eastern Europe 2012
• A new EBRD, EIB, World Bank action plan to invest 30 billion in Central and South Eastern Europe
• Erste Group Savings Barometer: Most people in CEE would only go into debt to purchase a flat or a house
• Romanian banks deposits went up 0.3% in September
• Romanian banks loans increased by 1,3% in September
• EBRD is providing €30 million in new financing to Banca Transilvania
• Moody's issues annual credit report on Romania
• Millennium Bank clients can access Internet Banking using Chrome, Safari and Opera
• Laszlo Diosi, OTP Bank: We maintain our plan to buy a bank in Romania to reach a market share of 5%
• Erste Bank: Debt crisis weighing down on euro zone more than on US
• Crédit Agricole S.A. announces the sale of Emporiki to Alpha Bank
• Visa Europe extends the financial education programme MoneyIQ that has already reached 55,000 Romanians
• MasterCard partners with NTT DOCOMO, the leading mobile phone operator in Japan, for mobile payments
• National Bank of Romania: the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 3,123 million, 23% lower
• Raiffeisen Bank borrows EUR 45 million from European Investment Bank to credit Romanian small and medium enterprises
• Cosmin Vladimirescu, MasterCard: It is extremely safe to make online credit card payments in Romania
• Survey: Austrians save EUR 170 per month
• Progress report on Basel III implementation (update published in October 2012)
• ING to sell ING Direct UK to Barclays
• ING Bank meets EBA capital requirements
• EBA publishes final report on the recapitalisation of European banks and paves the way for the transition to the CRDIV framework
• Implementation of capital standards: assessment reports published by Basel Committee
• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Basel III regulatory consistency assessment (Level 2) Preliminary report: European Union October 2012
• Banking and Trading (IMF study)
• The merger between Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and CR Firenze was successfully completed
• Mugur Isarescu, at Club of Rome conference: "too radical reform approaches and over-regulation are rather counterproductive"
• CEE remains Europe’s growth engine despite slow-down
• IMF Completes Sixth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement for Romania
• National Bank of Romania keeps unchanged the policy rate at 5,25%
• IMF Survey: Global Debt Crisis Is Far from Over
• 5 bankers aspire to be part of the TAROM board