tbi bank has announced its strategic plans for the bond markets in 2025, including potential MREL-eligible bond issuances in Romania and Greece, alongside Bulgaria. The bank aims to raise a total of EUR 60 to 80 million to support its rapid business growth from a regulatory perspective. The plans include an issuance in Bulgaria in Q1 2025, ranging between 10-20 million euro, followed by a possible pilot issue in the Romanian or Greek market by mid-summer. Another potential issuance in Bulgaria could follow by the end of the year. “With interest rates expected to decline, investors still have a unique opportunity to secure attractive returns in the bond market. Across Europe, yields on government and corporate bonds have already started to decrease, making investors search for any additional return. Given the strong demand we’ve seen in our past bond issuances, we are confident that our upcoming placements will generate solid interest from professional investors,” says Lukas Tursa, Executive Director, tbi bank. tbi bank is a challenger bank in South-East Europe and a regional leader in alternative payment solutions, combining financing and shopping services to meet customers’ current needs and future consumer trends. Active in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Germany, and Lithuania, tbi bank supports merchants in increasing their sales and consumers to access innovative financial services in a simple and fast digital experience. Through various digital channels and trusted partnerships with more than 26,000 merchants, tbi bank has a customer base of more than 2 million customers and granted almost 750,000 loans in 2023. In Romania, over 200,000 users are constantly using the shopping app created by tbi bank to offer quick and advantageous access to the best deals in 4 interest-free installments or up to 60 fixed installments. tbi bank’s business model and customer-focused approach have made it the most profitable and efficient bank in the region.
Maramureș International Airport in northern Romania has submitted a funding request for the implementation of a renewable energy project aimed at constructing a 2.5 MW photovoltaic park and an integrated battery storage system. The application was officially filed on July 14, according to the official announcement. The investment will cover the airport’s full electricity needs […]
Romania will face some of the most severe economic consequences of heatwaves in Europe, with projected losses expected to exceed -2.5% of GDP by 2055–2064 due to lowered labor productivity, according to research published in Nature Communications and quoted by Euronews. ...
The Bucharest City Hall is inviting residents to take part in a blood donation session on Monday, July 21, organized in partnership with the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center. The event will take place at the City Hall headquarters on Regina Elisabeta Boulevard. Throughout the session, medical staff from the Blood Transfusion Center will be on-site […]
Romania attracted roughly EUR 391 million in real estate investments during the first half of 2025, marking only a slight 6.5% decrease compared to the same period last year (EUR 418 million). Despite the dip, H1 2025 ranks as the second-best performing first semester in the past 12 years, standing 30% above the long-term average, […]
The Bucharest Airports National Company (CNAB) announced on Tuesday, July 15, that it has begun modernization, replacement, and capital repair works on the passenger boarding and disembarkation bridges at Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest’s main airport. The works consist of installing three new bridges and modernizing seven of the existing ones. At the end of […]
Local authorities in the mountain town of Râșnov, in Brașov County, have begun installing an electric fence to protect residents from bears that come down from the forest to scavenge for food. According to Râșnov Town Hall representatives, the measure comes as a result of increasingly frequent 112 emergency calls from citizens reporting the presence […]
