The significant rise in banks’ revenue along with the rise in interest rates and continued lending helped Romania’s banking system make a record net profit of more than RON10 billion (EUR2 billion) in the first nine months of 2023, more than 40% higher than the nine-month profit in 2022 and as much as the entire profit of 2022.
PKO Bank Polski, Poland’s largest state-owned bank, with assets accounting for almost 70% of the Romanian banking system, has announced it is set to start operations in Romania in early 2024.
CEC Bank, a lender held by the Romanian government via the Finance Ministry, climbed to 4th place in the ranking of the largest banks in Romania by assets at the end of the first half of 2023, from 6th place at the end of 2022, overtaking ING Bank and Raiffeisen Bank.
CEC Bank, a lender held by the Romanian government via the Finance Ministry, climbed to 4th place in the ranking of the largest banks in Romania by assets at the end of the first half of 2023, from 6th place at the end of 2022, overtaking ING Bank and Raiffeisen Bank.
CEC Bank, a lender held by the Romanian government via the Finance Ministry, climbed to 4th place in the ranking of the largest banks in Romania by assets at the end of the first half of 2023, from 6th place at the end of 2022, overtaking ING Bank and Raiffeisen Bank.