Most major banks in Romania saw higher profits in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year-ago period, amid a rise in lending and increase in income along with the rise in interests, as well as a decline in risk costs and provisions.
Real estate developer Impact Developer & Contractor (IMP.RO) has notified its shareholders and investors of the signing of a working capital type loan agreement. Impact Developer & Contractor is the borrower, Garanti Bank is the lender and Bergamot Developments is the mortgage guarantor, according to the company’s report to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
Romanian authorities issued 3,956 residential building permits in April 2022, 9.9% fewer than in March 2022 and 15.5% fewer than in April 2021, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed Tuesday.
Europe’s attractiveness for foreign direct investment (FDI) started to recover following the COVID-19 pandemic with a 5% increase in the number of projects announced in 2021 compared to 2020, the latest annual EY European Attractiveness Survey shows.
Regional investment fund SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) has received the approval of Romania’s financial supervisory authority ASF for a public offer for purchasing shares issued by the Fund, in line with a stock market report released on Tuesday (May 31).
The Bucharest Stock Exchange on Tuesday said the shares of building material wholesaler Sipex will start trading on the AeRo market, the equity segment of the Multilateral Trading System of the Stock Exchange, on Friday (June 3), under the stock ticker SPX.
Romanian state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) on Tuesday said it completed refurbishment works on the 220/110 kV Hasdat transformer station (Hunedoara County), following an investment of over RON60 million from own funds.
Fintech platform Omnicredit has obtained financing worth nearly EUR2 million from a debt investment fund specialized in factoring-related financing and the funds will be used for microfinancing services for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
French hotel group Accor, which currently has more than 950 employees in Romania, seeks to add 600 more people to its team until 2025, in order to support the opening and operation of more than ten new hotels.
Transavia Group, Romania’s largest poultry producer, registered exports of RON202 million in 2021, almost double from RON124 million in 2020, in line with data from the Group’s representatives at the request of Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily.
Sweden’s Ericsson, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of equipment, software and services for telecom operators, has reached in 15 years more than 2,100 employees at its services center in capital city Bucharest, the only of this kind in Europe, the company said in a statement.