114 result(s) for deposit rate
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
Half A Million Bank Accounts Wound Up Since Transaction Tax Introduced
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Over 520,000 retail bank accounts have been wound up since the introduction of the transaction tax in 2013, business daily Világgazdaság reported. Citing National Bank of Hungary data, the paper said that there were 9.32 million private individual bank accounts at the end of last year, the lowest number since the bank started tracking this kind of data in 2010.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán On A Diplomatic Mission In Mongolia?
- 10 Feb 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian opposition papers usually have a jolly time making fun of Viktor Orbán’s slim pickings when it comes to making fancy state visits to countries that, from the vantage point of Budapest, don’t seem especially important.
Analysts Expect Hungarian National Bank Announcement Re Liquidity
- 14 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB’s monetary council is widely expected to keep the rate on hold at 1.35% at the last rate-setting meeting of the year on Tuesday. Instead, analysts are turning their attention to the possible expansion of non-conventional monetary tools, designed to redirect deposits held at the central bank by banks to the bond market. The MNB is also expected to announce its revised growth targets.
Moody’s Places OTP Ratings Under Review For Upgrade
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Moody’s Investors Service has placed the long- and short-term local currency deposit ratings of OTP Bank and OTP Mortgage Bank under review for upgrade because of methodological changes, OTP Bank said, citing a release from the ratings agency on Tuesday.
NBH Suspends Operating Licence Of Buda-Cash Bróker Ház
- 25 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) as a supervisory authority has suspended with immediate effect the operating licence of brokerage firm Buda-Cash Brókerház and appointed supervisory commissioners because of suspicious cases that have come to its knowledge, the NBH said, adding that it had also filed a criminal complaint with police over the matter.
IMF Issues Concluding Statement On Hungary
- 4 Feb 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s economy is coming back from the crisis but the road to strong, sustained activity and higher private sector employment is still a long one. Macroeconomic policies have contributed to a welcome reduction in vulnerabilities, strong growth and a reduction in unemployment. But the country remains susceptible to shocks and its medium-term growth prospects are subdued.
National Bank Of Hungary: Monetary Transmission To Be Strengthened By FX Loan Conversion
- 19 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Monetary transmission will be strengthened by the conversion of retail foreign-exchange loans into forints as it will eliminate the exposure of Hungarian households to foreign currency as well as the related risks, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said in its quarterly Inflation Report.
Hungary’s Competition Office Fines K&H Bank For Misleading Advertising
- 8 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s Competition Office (GVH) said it had fined K&H Bank 80 million forints for misleading advertising. GVH levied the fine for a month-long ad campaign of KSH’s “MIX” product early in 2014. KSH advertised a 7.80% annual return on the product – well over the market rate – but failed to make clear that the rate was paid only on the one-third of savings that were placed in a deposit.
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
Half A Million Bank Accounts Wound Up Since Transaction Tax Introduced
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Over 520,000 retail bank accounts have been wound up since the introduction of the transaction tax in 2013, business daily Világgazdaság reported. Citing National Bank of Hungary data, the paper said that there were 9.32 million private individual bank accounts at the end of last year, the lowest number since the bank started tracking this kind of data in 2010.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán On A Diplomatic Mission In Mongolia?
- 10 Feb 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian opposition papers usually have a jolly time making fun of Viktor Orbán’s slim pickings when it comes to making fancy state visits to countries that, from the vantage point of Budapest, don’t seem especially important.
Analysts Expect Hungarian National Bank Announcement Re Liquidity
- 14 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB’s monetary council is widely expected to keep the rate on hold at 1.35% at the last rate-setting meeting of the year on Tuesday. Instead, analysts are turning their attention to the possible expansion of non-conventional monetary tools, designed to redirect deposits held at the central bank by banks to the bond market. The MNB is also expected to announce its revised growth targets.
Moody’s Places OTP Ratings Under Review For Upgrade
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Moody’s Investors Service has placed the long- and short-term local currency deposit ratings of OTP Bank and OTP Mortgage Bank under review for upgrade because of methodological changes, OTP Bank said, citing a release from the ratings agency on Tuesday.
NBH Suspends Operating Licence Of Buda-Cash Bróker Ház
- 25 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) as a supervisory authority has suspended with immediate effect the operating licence of brokerage firm Buda-Cash Brókerház and appointed supervisory commissioners because of suspicious cases that have come to its knowledge, the NBH said, adding that it had also filed a criminal complaint with police over the matter.
IMF Issues Concluding Statement On Hungary
- 4 Feb 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s economy is coming back from the crisis but the road to strong, sustained activity and higher private sector employment is still a long one. Macroeconomic policies have contributed to a welcome reduction in vulnerabilities, strong growth and a reduction in unemployment. But the country remains susceptible to shocks and its medium-term growth prospects are subdued.
National Bank Of Hungary: Monetary Transmission To Be Strengthened By FX Loan Conversion
- 19 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Monetary transmission will be strengthened by the conversion of retail foreign-exchange loans into forints as it will eliminate the exposure of Hungarian households to foreign currency as well as the related risks, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said in its quarterly Inflation Report.
Hungary’s Competition Office Fines K&H Bank For Misleading Advertising
- 8 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s Competition Office (GVH) said it had fined K&H Bank 80 million forints for misleading advertising. GVH levied the fine for a month-long ad campaign of KSH’s “MIX” product early in 2014. KSH advertised a 7.80% annual return on the product – well over the market rate – but failed to make clear that the rate was paid only on the one-third of savings that were placed in a deposit.