The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) stock index rose this week amid increasing trading volume; on Friday, the BUX closed at 143,471.05 points, up 1.77% from the previous week. Weekly trading volume totaled HUF 106.9 billion, up from HUF 102.8 billion the previous week; leading stocks, with the exception of Richter, gained ground, and Mol reached […]
Hungary's largest lender, OTP Bank Plc. announces that it signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Luminor Holding, the parent company of Luminor Bank, operating in the Baltic region. In an extraordinary announcement, OTP Bank Plc. said on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that the shares of Luminor […]
Hungary's largest financial institution, OTP Bank has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) covering instruction, research and recruitment in the area of cybersecurity, the lender said in a statement. In the framework of the cooperation, OTP's experts will participate in the university's cybersecurity training programmes and contribute […]
OTP Bank became the first European Union financial institution to launch a EUR 7 billion Medium Term Note (EMTN) program on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the bank said on Wednesday. The launch of the program was celebrated with a gong ceremony on June 30. As the first step of the new program, a EUR […]
First-quarter after-tax profit of OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, fell 6% year-on-year to HUF 177.0 billion as the lender booked the full-year amount of sectoral taxes during the period, an earnings report released ahead of the opening bell on Friday shows. If OTP had booked the prorated amount of the bank levy and windfall […]
Mastercard announced this week that the first live, authenticated transaction initiated by an AI agent was successfully completed in collaboration with OTP Bank, demonstrating how AI-based commerce can be implemented in a secure and responsible manner. The transaction, built on Mastercard’s Agent Pay technology, illustrates how AI agents can process purchases on behalf of consumers […]
OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, strives for fair cooperation with the Tisza government, which is in the interest of both the Hungarian economy and businesses; the bank's activity will not decline in Hungary, chairman of the board, Sándor Csányi said at the bank's annual general assembly. OTP's management will soon hold consultations with the […]
OTP Group has been awarded Best Bank in Central & Eastern Europe by Global Finance in its 33rd annual Best Bank Awards, recognizing the Group’s outstanding regional performance, the Bank said in a statement on its website. In addition to the regional title, two OTP Group members earned top national distinctions: OTP Bank was recognized […]
Fourth-quarter after-tax profit of OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, rose 19% year-on-year to 297.3 billion, according to a new earnings report. Net interest income increased 11% to HUF 509.2 billion. Net revenue from commissions and fees climbed 8% to HUF 160.4 billion. For the full year, after-tax profit rose 7% to HUF 1,146.3 billion. […]
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. […]
Third-quarter after-tax profit of OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, rose 4% year-on-year to HUF 330.5 billion, an earnings report published ahead of the opening bell on Friday shows. Net interest income increased 10% to HUF 489.0 billion. Net revenue from commissions and fees climbed 11% to HUF 152.7 billion. For the period Q1-Q3, after-tax […]
OTP Bank, Hungary's biggest commercial lender, celebrated the 30th anniversary of its listing on the Budapest Stock Exchange at an event on Wednesday. OTP chairman Sándor Csányi said the success of the lender and of the bourse were "inseparable", noting that OTP accounted for around 60% of share turnover, making it one of the most […]
In the second quarter of this year, OTP Bank exceeded expectations, achieving a consolidated adjusted after-tax profit of HUF 330.015 billion, which is 23% higher than in the same period last year, according to information published on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) website early Tuesday morning. The consolidated adjusted after-tax profit for the second quarter […]
OTP Bank's consolidated adjusted profit after tax for the first quarter was HUF 188.576 billion, 21% lower than in the same period last year, ahead of the average expectations, the largest Hungarian financial institution has reported on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Several special negative items weighed on the Q1 profitability, as the […]
OTP closed the most successful year in its history in 2024, the bank achieved outstanding profitability, its capital position is extremely stable, and it is the market leader in the region, the bank's CEO, Sándor Csányi said at the annual general meeting of the company in Budapest on Friday. He stated that OTP had acquired […]
