The financial and real estate broker DH Group delivered a record second quarter in 2026: despite the forint’s approximately 11% year-on-year appreciation against both the euro and the zloty, intermediated loan volumes grew so strongly that Group-level volumes exceeded HUF 400 billion for the first time in the Group’s history, with all three countries reaching […]
The Hungarian Mol Group has successfully completed the pricing of its first Polish zloty-denominated bond issue on the Polish market; the five-year bond has a total issue amount of PLN 850 million, the company has informed MTI. According to the announcement, the transaction marks an important milestone in the implementation of the Mol Group’s long-term […]
Hungary’s biggest commercial lender OTP Bank and oil and gas company MOL took the 398th and the 1,239th place respectively on Forbes’ 2026 Global 2000 list that ranks the largest companies worldwide, MTI reports. OTP took the 993rd place based on revenue, the 360th place based on profit, the 313th place based on assets and […]
In the first five months of the year the credit institution sector reported an after-tax profit of HUF 485 billion, down by 19% compared to the same period a year earlier, preliminary data released by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) on Wednesday shows. Interest revenue was up 11% at HUF 2,733 billion while interest […]
According to K&H Bank’s ‘Secure Future’ survey, the proportion of middle-aged people who are most financially vulnerable has fallen to a historic low in Hungary, and Hungarians’ financial resilience has improved significantly over the past year, the bank said in a statement sent to MTI on Sunday. Last year, 42% of the population would have […]
More than half of school students aged 7-10 years use some kind of financial app in their daily lives in Hungary, according to representative research presented at a joint press conference held by Erste and Visa. It was also revealed that parents believe ages of 7-10 years are the most appropriate for introducing children to […]
The Government Debt Management Agency (AKK) sold a combined HUF 244.5 billion of securities at auction on Thursday, close to four times the HUF 65.0 billion plan, on strong demand. AKK sold HUF 155.0 billion of discount twelve-month T-bills, a multiple of the HUF 30.0 billion plan. Primary dealers bid for HUF 242.4 billion of […]
Hungary's current account had a EUR 715 million surplus in March, widening from a EUR 125 million surplus in the previous month, preliminary monthly data released by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) on Friday show. The trade surplus reached EUR 1.073 billion, as the balances for both trade in goods and services showed surpluses […]
Provident Financial Ltd. has been a leading player in the personal loan market in Hungary for a quarter of a century now. The CEO of the company, Viktor Boczán, who has been with Provident in different positions and in different countries for also 25 years, explains to Diplomacy&Trade how Provident can maintain a long-term, predictable […]
Provident Financial Ltd. was among the award winners for the 12th time in the history of the 2026 ‘Excellence in Customer Service’ competition, taking first place in both in-person and telephone customer service. This double victory is particularly strong validation of the company’s multi-year development programs: it outperformed dozens of major domestic companies in the […]
Surety stock of Garantiqa, a guarantor controlled by the Hungarian state, reached HUF 2,738 billion at the end of 2025, chairman-CEO István Attila Szabó is quoted by MTI as saying. The guarantees were on HUF 3,531 billion of credit, the chairman-CEO stated. Garantiqa has close to 72,000 contracts with more than 54,000 companies. The company […]
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has updated its guidelines for the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks into banks' regular risk management framework, the central bank and financial market watchdog said on Monday. In applying the updated recommendation, institutions must adapt their operations and decision-making processes to the changed regulatory environment. This […]
Real estate development firm WING's last bond package with a nominal value of EUR 34.8 million received purchase offers totaling EUR 57.64 million, with a fixed interest rate of 6%. With this, WING further strengthened its presence on the capital market and initiated the listing of the WINGHOLDING 2029/I bond on the Budapest Stock Exchange. […]
The Mastercard – Bank of the Year competition, which has become a key professional event in the domestic banking sector over the past two decades, was held for the twentieth time, with the top prize going to OTP Bank. This year, the competition was revamped, with the organizers dividing the nine categories into three segments […]
The value of financial fraud in Hungary is on the decline, but still high, at around HUF 5 billion per quarter, Lajos Bartha, a managing director at the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said at a conference in Budapest, MTI reports. The managing director told the Financial Fraud Summit 2026 that the value of fraudulent […]
