CEC Bank reported a net profit of 355 million RON in 2021, going up by 5.12% from the previous year, and assets have gone up by 22.7% and exceeded the threshold of 50 billion RON, according to the bank's results.Last year, net income from interest reported by CEC Bank summed up 1.1 billion RON and remained stable when comparing with the previous year, while net income from fees has gone up by 11.4%, to the value of 297.5 million RON.CEC Bank's net profit has gone up in 2021 to 355 million RON (estimated, currently being audited), which has gone up from 337.7 million RON in 2020.According to the quoted source, the total portfolio of loans granted to non-banking customers (account balance) has gone up by 17% in 2021 (over market average of 14.8%) to up to 26.9 billion RON.At the same time, deposits attracted from clients have gone up by 20.8% from year to year to year (41.9 billion RON), with a share of approximately 70% of the population segment.The data communicated by the bank shows that in 2021 it has granted 6,700 new mortgage loans, with a value of over 1.7 billion RON (+53% from 2020), approved approximately 850 investment loans, of over 3.3 billion RON (+133%) and supported over 8,000 companies with financing for current activity, with a value of over 5.7 billion RON.According to the results, the rate of non-performing loans registered a level of 5.28%, with a slight decline from 5.52% registered at the end of 2020.Founded in 1864, CEC Bank currently has the most extended national network, with over 1,000 branches and territorial units with assets that exceeded 50 billion RON at the end of 2021.
On Monday, December 23, Romanian police brought Nica Robert Florin back to the country. The man convicted of possession of high-risk drugs, bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol, is listed among Romania’s Most Wanted category and was also wanted internationally. Romanian authorities revealed at the beginning of October that they had indications […]
An investigation by the famous British newspaper Financial Times revealed that the campaign of former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was supported by a Russian network also used during the pandemic in France and Germany to instill fear of vaccines. The newspaper’s investigation began in continuation of those by Bulgarian and Romanian journalists at BG...
Bucharest’s District 3 City Hall will once again organize a special New Year’s Eve event in Titan Park, with a program of live concerts, multimedia shows, and even a simulation of the Northern Lights. The event, set to begin at 8:00 PM on December 31, will focus on the theme of infinity. “If you missed […]
Traffic on Lot 1 of the A7 Ploiești-Buzău highway, stretching 21 kilometers in southern Romania, was officially opened on Monday, December 23. With this opening, 102 kilometers of the total 320 kilometers of the highway are now usable. The Moldova Highway, as it has been called, is meant to connect Romania's economically underdeveloped eastern regions to […]
The Dutch technology investor Prosus NV, also the majority shareholder of Romania’s largest online retailer eMAG, is set to buy the online travel agency Despegar.com Corp, focused on Latin America, for approximately USD 1.7 billion. The purchase consideration will be funded from existing cash resources, the company said. Founded in Argentina in 1999, Despegar is one […]
The new Forestry Code, which passed the Parliament vote on December 17 and was signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis on December 20, includes provisions that protect all forests in Ilfov, the county surrounding Bucharest, making them the cornerstone of the future green belt around the capital city. Moreover, it legislates green belts nationwide, […]
