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.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
