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• Raiffeisen Bank International: No capital increase planned but embarks on risk-weighted assets reduction
• IMF mission visit Bucharest from January 27 to February 10, 2015
• National Bank of Romania cuts policy rate to 2.5 percent
• Review of the mid-term planning for the Russian unit of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI)
• EBA issues guidelines to strengthen requirements for the security of internet payments across the EU
• ESAs tackle cross-selling practices in the financial sector
• EBA published final draft technical standards on countercyclical buffer disclosure
• EBA publishes final Guidelines on disclosure requirements for the EU banking sector
• Lithuania joins the Eurozone
• EBA updates list of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital instruments
• Revisions to the Standardised Approach for credit risk: Basel Committee issues consultative document
• Fitch Places Banca Transilvania on Rating Watch Evolving
• Single Resolution Fund: Council agrees on bank contributions
• EBA consults on treatment of mortgage borrowers in arrears
• Statement at the Conclusion of the IMF and EC Staff Visit to Romania
• Mario Draghi, President of the ECB: Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A)
• Changing payments market - Speech by Ms Cecilia Skingsley, Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank
• Assessment of Basel capital regulations in the European Union concluded by the Basel Committee
• EBA consults on criteria for determining the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL)
• Moody's: Romanian covered bond draft legislation reduces collateral and refinancing risks; currency risks could remain
• ALB and CPBR to set up Financial Services Employers’ Federation
• Garanti Bank opens a branch in the largest neighborhood in Cluj-Napoca
• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has acquired a 4.99 per cent stake in the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)
• Credit recovery and Banking Union in focus at Vienna Initiative 2 full forum
• Press Release of the Board of the National Bank of Romania
• National Bank of Romania cuts monetary policy rate to 2.75%
• Garanti Bank opens its third branch in Timisoara
• Traian Halalai, EximBank: Diversifying exports’ structure and markets – critical for the sustainable economic development
• Garanti Leasing receives the first renewable energy loan in Romania from IFC
• ECB comprehensive assessment: Volksbank’s restructuring plan will now be specified
• ECB’s in-depth review shows banks need to take further action
• Results of the 2014 EU-wide stress test
• Romania envisages entering Banking Union by the end of 2015 and joining the euro area in 2019, said Romanian central bank governor, Mugur Isarescu
• European Investment Bank (EIB) granted a EUR 150 million loan to Banca Transilvania
• Bulgarian National Bank statement on Corporate Commercial Bank AD (KTD) audit
• EBA notifies breach of EU law to Bulgarian authorities
• Garanti Bank launches the first Donations menu in Romania, available for Internet Banking and ATMs
• ECB report details structural changes in the euro area banking sector
• EBA releases work plans for 2015
• Revised corporate governance principles for banks (consultation paper) issued by the Basel Committee
• Reorganisation of VBAG by its own efforts
• Progress on post-crisis reforms: banking supervisors and central bankers meet to discuss
• Vienna Initiative pushes for action plan to deal with non performing loans ( NPL) in Central and South-Eastern Europe
• Garanti Bank: credit card holders spent 24% more this summer
• Bulgaria must allow bank customers to access their money
• The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes Guidelines on recovery and resolution
• Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) would provide to the Hungarian banking system the foreign currency needed to phase out household foreign currency loans
• The Council of Banking Employers in Romania (CPBR) position concerning legislation drafts on the conversion of loans
• European Consumer Credit Market on Steady Growth Path in Q2 2014
• Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) revises its outlook
• ING Group included in leading banks indices
• Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
• Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
• Mobile payments: Romanian first electronic wallet mobilPay is integrated into MasterPass
• Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee
• EIB increases its support for Romanian SMEs and mid-cap companies channelled through CEC Bank by EUR 100 million
• World Bank to impact the lives of 65,000 in Alba Iulia with long-term city development
• Teams from the IMF and European Commission are holding meetings with the Romanian authorities in Brussels
• EBA publishes results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 31 December 2013
• Garanti Bank signs a bancassurance partnership with Allianz-Tiriac
• Garanti Bank opens its 80th branch in Romania
• Vola.ro clients can pay cash for their plane tickets at Garanti Bank’s ATMs
• EBA publishes final templates for the 2014 EU-wide stress test
• Raiffeisen Bank Romania: net profit of EUR 45 million for the first half of 2014
• Liberty Bank's announcement about the passing away of Dinu Patriciu
• Vienna Initiative Steering Committee releases its Deleveraging and Credit Monitor for Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in Q1 2014
• Garanti Bank extends its network in key urban areas with a new branch in Bucharest
• BCR financial results for H1 2014: RON 1 billion operating result, accelerated balance sheet clean-up
• Erste Group: Despite net loss of EUR -929.7 million in first half of 2014, CET 1-ratio rises; improved asset quality
• Business growth for Garanti Group Romania: revenues of EUR 70.2 million and profit of EUR 16.9 million in the first six months of 2014
• Loans granted to SMEs by Garanti Bank increased in average by 20% in the last four years
• Positive outlook for Romania’s economy: the GDP’s annual growth rate revised at 2.9% by Garanti Bank
• EBRD delegation visits Romania
• European Commission approves restructuring aid for Greek bank Alpha Bank
• EBA consults on a framework for common supervisory procedures and methodologies
• EBA proposes potential regulatory regime for virtual currencies, but also advises that financial institutions should not buy, hold or sell them whilst no such regime is in place
• Raiffeisen Bank expects a profit in Romania also in 2014
• Erste Group expects higher risk costs in 2014; updates outlook for 2014 and 2015
• The bonds issued by Garanti Bank are traded at the Bucharest Stock Exchange
• EBRD takes part in Romania’s largest ever IPO with an 8.6 per cent stake in Electrica
• EBA publishes report on risks and vulnerabilities of the EU banking sector
• IFC Boosts Smaller Businesses, Women Entrepreneurs in Romania
• Statement at the Conclusion of the IMF and EC Staff Visit to Romania
• EBA publishes report on benchmarking of remuneration practices in the EU
• Raiffeisen Bank redeems the full € 1.75 billion in participation capital subscribed by the Republic of Austria
• Garanti Leasing receives a EUR 7.5 million loan from Black Sea Trade and Development Bank to finance SMEs
• EBA publishes common methodology and scenario for 2014 EU-banks stress test
• Crina Cosma, appointed by the Ministry of Finance as Vice-president of EximBank
• EBRD finances its first solar energy project in Romania
• Peter Praet, ECB: The financial cycle and real convergence in the euro area
• IMF: Transcript of a Conference Call on Romania
• Eurobank: Capital Increase to raise up to EUR 3,000m
• Statement by Menno Snel, IMF Executive Director for Romania, and Serban Matei, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director
• IMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Ex-Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access for Romania
• Mario Draghi, President of the ECB: A consistent strategy for a sustained recovery
• European Parliament and Council back Commission's proposal for a Single Resolution Mechanism: a major step towards completing the banking union