A quarter of Hungarians have no money left at the end of the month, and a quarter of the population are unable to save throughout the year. The financial situation of the Hungarian population has deteriorated slightly over the past year, according to a representative survey of 500 people by age, gender and region conducted […]

For the eighteenth time, the ‘Mastercard – Bank of the Year’ competition is looking for the most outstanding financial service providers. This year, the performance of financial institutions will be measured in seven categories and a grand prize winner will be selected, the global payment technology company told MTI. They stressed that in addition to […]

OTP Bank Plc. has announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that based on the share sale and purchase agreement concluded on December 12, 2022 between OTP Bank and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan the first step of the transaction was completed on June 13, 2023. Consequently, […]

Backed by the Social Investment and Skills window of the InvestEU program, the European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a guarantee agreement for EUR 53 million with Erste Group that is expected to unlock more than EUR 66 million for social entrepreneurs operating in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. The transaction should […]

Hungary’s OTP Group posted a better-than-expected consolidated profit after tax of HUF 194.7 billion in the first quarter, compared to a profit of HUF 115.1 billion in the previous quarter and a loss of HUF 33.4 billion a year earlier. OTP Bank Plc. announced on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) website on Wednesday that the […]

In the first quarter of the year, Erste Bank posted a profit after tax of HUF 6.3 billion, compared to a loss of HUF 1 billion a year earlier. The extra profit tax, the interest rate freeze and the extra payment due to the Sberbank bankruptcy amounted to HUF 38 billion, which together resulted in […]

China Construction Bank (CCB), the world's second largest credit institution by assets, has opened a branch in Hungary, it was announced at the opening ceremony in Budapest. Minister of Economic Development Márton Nagy said he hoped CCB's presence would open up space for further development. He believes that China will be a major player in […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) provided climate finance totalling more than EUR 600 million in 2022 to accelerate the green transition in Hungary, the EIB reports. In 2022, the EIB’s operations in the country included financing for energy, transport and innovation, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps. Three-quarters of total financing signed across […]

People are aware of the methods of payment fraud, they are afraid of becoming victims of fraud, but they do not consciously protect themselves against it, according to a representative research commissioned by OTP Bank. Almost all respondents have heard of some form of banking fraud and 81% fear becoming a victim of cybercrime. Although […]

CIB Group closed the 2022 financial year with an outstanding result: its profit increased by 128% to HUF 36.1 billion, the financial institution told MTI on Thursday. CIB Group's revenues amounted to HUF 135.6 billion, up 71.0% year-on-year. This was mainly due to the rising interest rate environment and increasing business activity, especially the expansion […]

OTP Bank Plc. has announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that as of March 21, 2023, T. Rowe Price International Ltd. has increased its voting right in OTP Bank Plc. to 5.02% via owning 14,037,515 ordinary shares. According to a report by the business news site vg.hu quoting Morningstar data, T. Rowe […]

Foreign subsidiaries largely compensated for the losses caused to the group by the war and Hungarian government measures, with after-tax profit falling by only 24% to HUF 347 billion last year compared to a year earlier, Deputy CEO László Bencsik said at a press conference presenting OTP Group's last year's report on Friday. He pointed […]

Erste Bank had a successful year in 2022, with lending growth and operating income up, but profits lower than in the previous year due to one-off tax and regulatory charges, Erste CEO Jelasity Radovan has told a press conference in Budapest. He added that two acquisitions were successfully completed last year, the takeovers of Commerzbank […]

Dutch-based Trive Financial Holding has acquired the Hungarian financial institution Sopron Bank, which will henceforth serve its customers under the name Trive Bank Hungary Plc., the financial group said in a statement sent to MTI on Tuesday. The document says that the bank will operate fully digitally, offering consumer loans and later also fixed deposits […]

Last year, the membership fee income of voluntary pension funds amounted to HUF 120.116 billion, a 2.66% increase compared to the previous year, while the membership fee income of health funds increased by 19.73% to HUF 60.126 billion, Csaba Nagy, president of the National Association of Voluntary Funds (ÖPOSZ), told journalists in Budapest on Thursday. […]