For the third year running, Hungary's OTP Bank has made the first place on The Banker magazine’s 'Top 100 CEE Banks' ranking, the Hungarian lender told MTI on Monday. OTP noted that it also made the top place on the national list in Hungary, and its subsidiary DSK Bank took the first place in Bulgaria. […]
The Hungarian banking sector's stability indicators remain favourable, the sector is characterised by high shock absorbing capability, while risks are increasing in the real estate markets, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) says in its report published this Tuesday. Presenting the latest biannual Financial Stability Report, Ádám Banai, a managing director at the central bank, […]
At the end of September, the Erste Group in Hungary managed over HUF 10 trillion in client assets, with the total value of retail investments and deposits exceeding HUF 7 trillion, Erste told MTI on Wednesday. According to the information provided, Erste's operating income in the first nine months of 2025, based on statements prepared […]
The global financial technology company Revolut has officially opened a bank branch in Hungary, the news site telex.hu reports. Revolut Bank UAB has been listed in the Hungarian National Bank's institution finder as a cross-border credit provider entity since February 14, 2022 (after receiving an EU banking license in Lithuania). Now, however, Revolut Bank UAB's […]
The Austrian Erste Group's revenues increased, but its net profit rose only slightly in the first three quarters due to higher bank levies, the bank told MTI on Friday. The Erste Group performed well in the first nine months of 2025. Despite falling interest rates in its primary markets, net interest income rose by 3% […]
Citibank will continue to expand its activities in Hungary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a social media post on Friday. According to the Ministry, an agreement on this was reached at a meeting with the group's CEO that Citibank would continue to expand its activities in Hungary, creating jobs, with the […]
K&H Bank's after-tax profit fell to HUF 50.2 billion in the first half of the year, down from HUF 66.9 billion a year earlier, with government measures accounted for during the period reducing the financial institution's results by HUF 31 billion, the financial institution told MTI on Thursday. Peter Roebben, CEO of the K&H Group, […]
MBH Bank closed the first six months of this year in a solid financial position: its balance sheet total was HUF 12,452 billion at the end of the half-year, and thanks to active lending, the gross retail loan portfolio grew by 10% and the gross corporate loan portfolio by 5.1% compared to the same period […]
Gránit Bank closed the first half of the year with an after-tax profit of HUF 10.6 billion, compared to HUF 8.4 billion a year earlier. The financial institution attributes its results to significant expansion in business activity, cost efficiency, the quality of its loan portfolio, and dividend income received, according to a flash report published […]
Erste Bank Hungary Plc. closed the first half of the year with operating income of HUF 187.5 billion and after-tax profit of HUF 69.2 billion, Chairman and CEO Radován Jelasity said at the company's press conference on Wednesday. Year-on-year, operating income increased by 6%, while after-tax profit decreased by 7%. Operating profit exceeded HUF 123.5 […]
The Hungarian banking system is still characterised by high profitability, abundant liquidity and a strong capital position, and consequently the sector’s shock resilience remains outstanding. Banks’ lending capacity is abundant, and no general credit supply constraints can be identified. In the past period, credit risks did not rise despite the prolonged dynamization of the real […]
MBH Bank closed the first quarter with a stable high profitability: its total assets grew by almost 8.8% year-on-year to more than HUF 12,824 billion, the adjusted pre-tax profit of the banking group amounted to HUF 67.9 billion, and its adjusted return on equity reached 20.5%, the company told MTI on Wednesday. They added that […]
With the popularity of digital payment solutions, the use of cash continues to play a dominant role in everyday life, and in response to this demand MBH Bank will install ATMs at 55 Mol petrol stations, the companies' executives announced on Thursday at a handover ceremony at the Prielle Kornélia Street petrol station in Budapest's […]
Continuing the trend of previous years, Gránit Bank achieved growth above the sector average in 2024. The balance sheet total increased 3.5 times more than the banking sector average, and grew 229 times in 15 years, the Hungarian financial institution told MTI on Wednesday. Gránit Bank said in a statement that the bank and the […]
Erste Bank Hungary Plc. (EBH) will pay a dividend of HUF 110 billion to its sole shareholder, the Austrian Erste Group Bank AG, after its 2024 financial year, the Erste Bank Hungary Plc. announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange on Tuesday. According to the published written shareholder resolution – passed on April […]
