OTP Bank's consolidated adjusted adjusted profit after tax for the last quarter of last year was in line with the average expectations at HUF 249.735 billion, 17% higher than in the same period of the previous year, according to a statement published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday morning. The […]
Erste Bank Hungary Plc. closed last year with an improved profit profile, mainly due to the growth in the number of active customers and assets under management. Loan and bond volumes rose again in 2024, with new lending in retail loans up one and a half times, while corporate lending was 9% down on a […]
Based on the responses in in the latest quarterly Bank Sentiment Survey by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), the banking system perceived a slight deterioration in the economic environment in 2024 H2. According to the banks, the tightening of the regulatory environment, the increase in operating expenses, the decrease in the level of profitability […]
OTP Bank has opened a mobile branch in Polgár, Hajdú-Bihar County, offering the same services as traditional cashless branches, the bank told MTI on Thursday. The bank decided to launch a mobile branch in another settlement due to the positive experience so far, they said. Although more and more people are settling simple transactions via […]
Gránit Bank has carried out the largest public offering of shares in Hungary in the last 25 years, the founder and CEO of Gránit Bank Plc., Éva Hegedüs said on Monday after the bank's shares were launched on the standard category of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) with a symbolic bell. Éva Hegedüs stressed that […]
Peter Roebben, the current CEO of KBC Group's Bulgarian unit, will take over from Guy Libot as CEO of K&H Bank in Hungary on January 1, pending approval by the competent authorities, K&H Bank has told MTI. According to the statement, Peter Roebben started his career at KBC in 1991. Within the group, he has […]
Consolidated earnings at the Hungarian financial institution were HUF 826 billion profit after tax in January-September 2024 with an ROE of 24.9%; 3Q profit expanded by 19% q-o-q on the back of higher revenues and moderating impairments; 2% q-o-q organic increase in both performing loans and deposits, improving capital adequacy ratios. The Group’s cumulated profit […]
Krisztina Bogdán has been appointed the new CEO of ING Bank from November 4, 2024, taking over the post from Gyula Réthy, the bank's interim CFO since July 1, after Tibor Bodor, CEO, left the bank at the end of June, the company told MTI on Monday. With more than 25 years of experience in […]
With a stable outlook, Moody's Investors Service has confirmed MBH Bank's recommended investment ratings: among other things, its long- and short-term bank deposit ratings, as well as its senior unsecured MTN program and senior unsecured debt ratings. Based on the analysis of the international rating agency, it was highlighted that the confirmation of the debtor […]
As of this Thursday, Nova KBM and SKB banka successfully completed the legal merger. With the merger of the two banks, a new banking group has been created in Slovenia - OTP Skupina Slovenija, which complements banking services with leasing and factoring services of the subsidiaries SKB Leasing, SKB Leasing Select and Aleja finance, the […]
Erste Bank closed a successful first half of the year in Hungary with an operating profit of more than HUF 120 billion, up from HUF 93 billion in the previous year, and a nearly 60% increase in profit after tax to HUF 74.4 billion, Erste CEO Jelasity Radovan said at a press conference in Budapest […]
OTP Bank has further strengthened its market share and is the market leader in the region in terms of equity, and is ranked first in five countries in terms of net loans, OTP Bank Plc.'s Deputy CEO László Bencsik said at a press conference in Budapest on Friday, assessing the bank's first quarter results. László […]
OTP Bank surpassed all its previous results last year, and will continue the construction and expansion in the coming years, Sándor Csányi, Chairman and CEO of OTP Bank, said at the company's Annual General Meeting in Budapest on Friday. The CEO stressed that the company is the market leader in five countries and has a […]
OTP Bank's consolidated adjusted profit after tax for the last quarter of last year was HUF 229.987 billion, exceeding the average expectations, closing the year at HUF 1,008.583 billion, according to a release published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday morning. Based on a summary of unaudited individual and consolidated […]
Erste Group achieved an operating profit of EUR 5.5 billion in 2023, up 38% year-on-year, according to a preliminary profit outlook, the company said on its website on Thursday. The cost/income ratio improved to 47.6% from 53.4% as operating income growth outpaced operating expenses. Loans rose 2.8% year-on-year from EUR 202.1 billion to EUR 207.8 […]
