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The payments landscape is undergoing a technological revolution, transforming how consumers and businesses exchange value. While cards and conventional digital payments are becoming increasingly dominant worldwide, they still face persistent...

The National Bank of Romania announced yesterday a rate of almost 5.04 lei, above the psychological threshold of 5 lei defended in recent years by the country's monetary institution, in a tense domestic economic and political context, marked...

The Romanian Commodity Exchange (BRM) harshly criticized the management of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), accusing it of a lack of efficiency and transparency in managing the Central Counterparty project - an essential entity for the...

În legătură cu strategia Uniunii Economiilor şi Investiţiilor, expertul economic şi financiar, profesor universitar dr. Mircea Coşea, ne-a declarat: "Nu este vorba despre aşa zisa naţionalizare a depozitelor bancare, despre care s-a zvonit în...

Although he agrees with the initiative announced by the European Commission, MP Claudiu Năsui (USR), member of the Budget, Finance and Banking Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, argues that legislative simplification at European level would...

Regarding the strategy of the Union of Savings and Investments, economic and financial expert, university professor Dr. Mircea Coşea, told us: "This is not about the so-called nationalization of bank deposits, which has been rumored online,...

Ursula von der Leyen took the first step on Wednesday towards mobilizing European citizens' savings from bank deposits to finance European industry and the defense industry. The 800 billion euros needed annually to implement Draghi's plan...

Former Prime Minister Theodor Stolojan claims that the strategy presented by the European Commission is a step in the right direction and that the starting point was Marios Draghi's report on competitiveness and Enrico Letta's report on...

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the National Bank of France, recently declared in Davos and Paris that a general mobilization of private savings is needed to support the...

Nearly a third of central banks have postponed plans to launch digital versions of their currencies, according to a study published this week by Reuters.

This year should be favorable for crypto prices, according to most analysts, who estimate that global liquidity will increase, leading to higher capital allocations into risky assets, while the "Donald Trump factor" changes the rules of...

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) posted a consolidated profit of 1.16 billion euros at the end of 2024, 50% lower than the 2.39 billion euros recorded the previous year, according to the announcement made yesterday by the Austrian banking...

The Governor of the National Bank of France, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, has sparked strong reactions in the French press after recently declaring at the World Economic Forum in Davos that 300 billion euros need to be mobilized to finance the...

Didier Reynders, former European Commissioner for Justice between 2019 and 2024, is a suspect in a money laundering case, which was allegedly committed in 2018, that is, exactly the year in which the Justice system in our country was being turned...

The Goldring brokerage house's Market Analysis and Strategies team has price targets above the recent market ones for BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD) and Banca Transilvania (TLV) shares, while Erste Group Bank shares are within the...

The Dutch banking group ING Groep NV is launching a share buyback and dividend distribution program worth 2.5 billion euros, Reuters announces.

REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) offer individuals access to investments in assets such as office, commercial or logistics buildings, Adrian Tănase, Director General of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), said yesterday during a debate on...

State bonds are a basis for converting investors to other stock market instruments, said yesterday Alexandru Petrescu, President of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), on the occasion of the event that marked the listing of the last...

All self-respecting states have a sovereign investment fund and it would be a shame if we didn't have one, said university professor Sebastian Bodu, who worked on a project in 2020, in the Orban Government, to establish a sovereign fund in...

The nominal returns of the seven Pillar II private pension funds were around 8%, in the first seven months of this year, respectively 14-16% in the period July 2023 - July 2024, performances above those achieved in normal. They are really...

Reporter: How adequate do you think the current pension system architecture is for our country's current and future needs?

The Bank of Israel has requested that banks present a plan to redirect deposits from current accounts to term deposits, after banks stopped paying interest on these accounts, according to the Israeli press. The letter sent by the Bank of Israel...

The Canadian company Gabriel Resources, although it does not have the liquidity to pay the Romanian state court costs, in the amount of 10 million dollars, established by the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes attached...

The Swiss franc reached, yesterday, the highest level against the euro, in the last almost ten years, in the context of the turbulences on the financial markets, against the background of fears regarding a possible recession in the USA and the...

ING Groep is targeting total revenue growth of between 4% and 5% per year by 2027, on the back of an expected advance in earnings from net interest and fee income, while reduced loan losses should offset costs higher, the largest banking group in...

The European Commission and the European Parliament should approve the progressive taxation of large fortunes, according to a study by the global non-governmental organization Oxfam International, which campaigns for the reduction of social...

The shareholders of Transelectrica (TEL) were summoned, on April 29, with the proposal to distribute the amount of 20.5 million lei as dividends, according to the company's report published on the website of the Bucharest Stock Exchange...

The resolution adopted yesterday by the European Parliament requesting the Commission that, after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, in the negotiations with the Russian Federation, take steps to return the treasure of our country, which has...

The Financial Stability Fund of Greece (HFSF) has only one step left to complete the sale of its holdings in the main banks in the country, after the successful sale of all shares held in Piraeus Bank, ekathimerini.com announces.

• February 23, 2022 

The local stock market remains attractive for dividend investors, offering returns at the level of bank deposits and even above this level, says Alin Brendea, the Operations Director of the Prime Transaction...

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale (BRD) continues to aim for the third position in the market, Maria Rousseva, CEO of the financial group, said yesterday during the press conference where the institution presented its results obtained last year, adding...

The system of global accounts for the sale of investment funds will be implemented in our country probably at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, said recently Cristian Pascu, the vice-president of the Romanian Association of Fund...

Reporter: Barring completely unforeseen events, what are your expectations for the returns of equity and bond funds this year? On what grounds do you base your opinions?

The transporter of petroleum products Conpet Ploieşti (COTE) has budgeted for this year a net profit of 40.9 million lei, 28.5% below the preliminary one of last year, against the background of the increase in expenses to a greater extent than of...

Radu Soviani: You say that the grand privatization program should actually be called the grand nationalization program. Why is that?

Keeping interest rates at a high level, which was once not considered high at all, caused a further increase in unrealized losses in the government bond and mortgage portfolios of commercial banks in the United States.

Deutsche Börse, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, plans to launch a regulated cryptocurrency market in 2024, ledgerinsights.com reports.

After 15 years of activity, the Pilon II private pension funds have around 8.1 million participants, 117 billion lei accumulated, of which three quarters represent the contributions transferred into the system and one quarter (over 30 billion...