163 result(s) for len in Business
Erste Wants To Stay In Hungary
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Erste Bank wants to continue to remain active in Hungary, Erste Bank Hungary chairman-CEO Radovan Jelasic said at a conference organised by economic research institute GKI on Tuesday. He said the best proof of Erste Bank’s intention to stay in the country was its purchase of private banking portfolios from local peers in the past years.
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
KBC Bank Not Exiting Hungary
- 13 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- business
Belgian financial group KBC will not exit Hungary despite a tough outlook for profitability and pressure from the authorities for consolidation, the head of KBC’s local business told Reuters. Central bank governor György Matolcsy, a former economy minister who launched Europe’s highest bank levy to stabilise the state budget, said last month four foreign banks could leave Hungary in the next 6-18 ...
Matolcsy Sees Four Large Banks Leaving Hungary
- 30 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Four of the eight largest foreign-owned banks in Hungary might leave the country in the next 12 to 18 months, MNB governor György Matolcsy said on Hír TV. Without naming any banks, he said the institutions are not lending and are not helping the Hungarian economy.
Quarter Of Hungary Debt In Hands Of European Banks
- 19 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- business
Just over 25 percent of Hungary’s debt, amounting to 18.489 billion euros, is in the hands of European banks, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Of 64 banks assessed by the European Banking Authority, 33 held varying amounts of Hungarian bonds at the end of June.
Construction Companies Tap Funding For Growth Scheme
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
About 21 billion forints in credit from the first phase of the National Bank of Hungary’s Funding for Growth Scheme went to the construction industry, and companies tapped a further 48 billion for real estate projects, NBH managing director Márton Nagy said at a meeting of building association EVOSZ on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
K&H Hungary “Bank Of The Year”
- 29 Nov 2013 1:00 AM
- business
K&H Bank has been named “Bank of the Year in Hungary” by The Banker, a professional journal, the lender said on Friday. K&H Bank took the title for the third time. It received the acknowledgement in 2008 and 2011, too. K&H Group CEO Hendrik Scheerlinck received the award at a ceremony in London.
Matolcsy Sees Room For Further Interest Ratecut In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
There is further room to reduce the central bank’s base rate, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary, György Matolcsy, said. The base interest currently stands at a record low of 3.4%. Matolcsy told a conference on the bank’s credit for growth scheme that almost all central banks started unorthodox policies after the 2008 crisis and the Hungarian government also applied such policies from ...
Erste Wants To Stay In Hungary
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Erste Bank wants to continue to remain active in Hungary, Erste Bank Hungary chairman-CEO Radovan Jelasic said at a conference organised by economic research institute GKI on Tuesday. He said the best proof of Erste Bank’s intention to stay in the country was its purchase of private banking portfolios from local peers in the past years.
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
KBC Bank Not Exiting Hungary
- 13 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- business
Belgian financial group KBC will not exit Hungary despite a tough outlook for profitability and pressure from the authorities for consolidation, the head of KBC’s local business told Reuters. Central bank governor György Matolcsy, a former economy minister who launched Europe’s highest bank levy to stabilise the state budget, said last month four foreign banks could leave Hungary in the next 6-18 ...
Matolcsy Sees Four Large Banks Leaving Hungary
- 30 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Four of the eight largest foreign-owned banks in Hungary might leave the country in the next 12 to 18 months, MNB governor György Matolcsy said on Hír TV. Without naming any banks, he said the institutions are not lending and are not helping the Hungarian economy.
Quarter Of Hungary Debt In Hands Of European Banks
- 19 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- business
Just over 25 percent of Hungary’s debt, amounting to 18.489 billion euros, is in the hands of European banks, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Of 64 banks assessed by the European Banking Authority, 33 held varying amounts of Hungarian bonds at the end of June.
Construction Companies Tap Funding For Growth Scheme
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
About 21 billion forints in credit from the first phase of the National Bank of Hungary’s Funding for Growth Scheme went to the construction industry, and companies tapped a further 48 billion for real estate projects, NBH managing director Márton Nagy said at a meeting of building association EVOSZ on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
K&H Hungary “Bank Of The Year”
- 29 Nov 2013 1:00 AM
- business
K&H Bank has been named “Bank of the Year in Hungary” by The Banker, a professional journal, the lender said on Friday. K&H Bank took the title for the third time. It received the acknowledgement in 2008 and 2011, too. K&H Group CEO Hendrik Scheerlinck received the award at a ceremony in London.
Matolcsy Sees Room For Further Interest Ratecut In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
There is further room to reduce the central bank’s base rate, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary, György Matolcsy, said. The base interest currently stands at a record low of 3.4%. Matolcsy told a conference on the bank’s credit for growth scheme that almost all central banks started unorthodox policies after the 2008 crisis and the Hungarian government also applied such policies from ...