167 result(s) for banking sector
Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank Not Planning To Leave Hungary
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) may leave Ukraine and Hungary in the future, but there are no specific plans to sell either one of these businesses at the moment, although both are under constant review, RBI’s CEO Karl Sevelda told news agencies, commenting on the group’s results published on Thursday.
Hungary’s Banking Sector Reports Enormous Q2 Losses
- 25 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s banking sector reported enormous losses totaling HUF 361 billion (USD 1.57 billion) in Q2 2014 according to data released by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) on Friday. This was mainly due to massive provisions against losses to cover the costs of refunding clients for past charges resulting from the currency spread and higher interest rates approved without the client’s consent.
Hungary's Economy Minister Varga Expects To Sell MKB Bank
- 30 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government should sell MKB bank after cleaning up its loan portfolio, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told Inforádió on Tuesday.
Hungarian Government To Buy MKB Bank
- 25 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
MKB owner BayernLB has agreed to sell the Hungarian bank to the government for €55 million, it was announced yesterday in Munich and Budapest. As part of the deal, BayernLB will cancel the €270 million debt owed to it by MKB.
Hungary’s Finance Minister Varga: Bank Tax May Be Redesigned
- 8 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government is mulling a rethink of Hungary’s sectoral tax on banks, Mihály Varga, the economy minister, told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. “I don’t exclude the possibility of revising or rethinking the banking tax, since banks are going to be assuming a heavy burden to compensate clients, but now is not the time for this.”
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Fitch Ratings Affirms Hungary At BB+, Outlook Stable
- 10 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Fitch Ratings on Friday affirmed Hungary’s long-term foreign currency rating at ‘BB+’ with stable outlook, and its local currency rating at ‘BBB ’. Fitch said Hungary’s gross general government debt, at 79.2% of GDP in 2013, was around twice the ‘BB’ and ‘BBB’ medians and remained “Hungary’s key rating weakness”.
Roubini Sees Signs Of State Capitalism In Hungary
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government’s policies show signs of state capitalism in certain areas, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini told a conference in Budapest on Tuesday. Roubini mentioned Hungary as an example of state capitalist tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe, where the role of the state increases to the detriment of market-oriented reforms.
Hungarian Banks Face High Costs If Government Expands Rate-Cap Scheme, Says Bank Chief
- 20 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Expanding the government scheme to cap the exchange rate for forex mortgage repayments may well be a good solution for troubled debtors but would cost the banking sector dearly, Mihály Patai told the press. Patai, recently re-elected as chairman of Hungary’s Banking Association, said a decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on forex loans expected in the autumn would raise banks’ costs, ...
Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank Not Planning To Leave Hungary
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) may leave Ukraine and Hungary in the future, but there are no specific plans to sell either one of these businesses at the moment, although both are under constant review, RBI’s CEO Karl Sevelda told news agencies, commenting on the group’s results published on Thursday.
Hungary’s Banking Sector Reports Enormous Q2 Losses
- 25 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s banking sector reported enormous losses totaling HUF 361 billion (USD 1.57 billion) in Q2 2014 according to data released by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) on Friday. This was mainly due to massive provisions against losses to cover the costs of refunding clients for past charges resulting from the currency spread and higher interest rates approved without the client’s consent.
Hungary's Economy Minister Varga Expects To Sell MKB Bank
- 30 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government should sell MKB bank after cleaning up its loan portfolio, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told Inforádió on Tuesday.
Hungarian Government To Buy MKB Bank
- 25 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
MKB owner BayernLB has agreed to sell the Hungarian bank to the government for €55 million, it was announced yesterday in Munich and Budapest. As part of the deal, BayernLB will cancel the €270 million debt owed to it by MKB.
Hungary’s Finance Minister Varga: Bank Tax May Be Redesigned
- 8 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The government is mulling a rethink of Hungary’s sectoral tax on banks, Mihály Varga, the economy minister, told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádió. “I don’t exclude the possibility of revising or rethinking the banking tax, since banks are going to be assuming a heavy burden to compensate clients, but now is not the time for this.”
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Fitch Ratings Affirms Hungary At BB+, Outlook Stable
- 10 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Fitch Ratings on Friday affirmed Hungary’s long-term foreign currency rating at ‘BB+’ with stable outlook, and its local currency rating at ‘BBB ’. Fitch said Hungary’s gross general government debt, at 79.2% of GDP in 2013, was around twice the ‘BB’ and ‘BBB’ medians and remained “Hungary’s key rating weakness”.
Roubini Sees Signs Of State Capitalism In Hungary
- 4 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government’s policies show signs of state capitalism in certain areas, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini told a conference in Budapest on Tuesday. Roubini mentioned Hungary as an example of state capitalist tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe, where the role of the state increases to the detriment of market-oriented reforms.
Hungarian Banks Face High Costs If Government Expands Rate-Cap Scheme, Says Bank Chief
- 20 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Expanding the government scheme to cap the exchange rate for forex mortgage repayments may well be a good solution for troubled debtors but would cost the banking sector dearly, Mihály Patai told the press. Patai, recently re-elected as chairman of Hungary’s Banking Association, said a decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on forex loans expected in the autumn would raise banks’ costs, ...