Business Forum
| 4 July, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Romanian M&A market exceeds €2.7 billion in H1 2025
Romania's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded 122 transactions with a cumulative value exceeding €2.7 billion.
Romania's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded 122 transactions with a cumulative value exceeding €2.7 billion.
Romania's Government aims to double the special turnover tax for banks to 4% as part of a wider fiscal package designed to balance public finances.
EY Romania has announced the promotion of Răzvan Ungureanu to Partner within its Tax Advisory department, effective July 2025.
Banca Transilvania (BT) has successfully completed its inaugural issuance of sustainable bonds in Romanian Lei, attracting RON 1.5 billion (€301.7 million).
Romania's capital market has achieved a significant milestone, being classified as an Advanced Frontier Market by MSCI, a leading global index provider.
Representatives of Romanian banks are opposing the Government's intention to introduce another supplementary tax on the profits generated by credit institutions.
The net profit of the entire banking system amounted to RON 14.197 billion (€2.86 billion) at the end of 2024, up 5% compared to 2023, according to the annual report for 2024 published on Monday by the National Bank of Romania.
The European Commission (EC) has concluded that Romania's recapitalisation of the wholly state-owned Exim Banca Românească, amounting to €250 million (RON 1.25 billion)...
OLX Group has announced the sale of its subsidiary, KIWI Finance, to Partners Financial Services, a Czech financial consulting company.
The European retail banking sector experienced a significant deceleration in income growth in 2024, dropping to 2.9% from 18% in 2023.
Patria Bank has announced a new €8 million subordinated loan from the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE).
Pleso Therapy startup, the developer of a mental health app, has raised $1.2 million to bolster its European presence.
The net assets of 247 open-ended and closed-ended investment funds in Romania, both local and foreign, saw a slight decrease of 0.9% in April.
GapMinder Fund II announced a €2 million seed investment in Salestools AI, supporting the company's vision to automate and enhance B2B sales processes through autonomous digital agents.
The Ministry of Finance secured RON 846.5 million (€167 million) from banks on Monday through a benchmark government bond issue with a residual maturity of 23 months, at an average annual yield of 7.23%,
Income, an Estonian fintech company connecting investors with non-bank lenders, announced today its target to raise €1.5 million to expand its private debt investment platform.
The Romanian leu was up on Monday against the main foreign currencies, starting to recover some of the losses recorded in the past week over political uncertainties.
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened the trading week in positive territory, with most of its main indices showing gains in the early hours of Monday.
The three-month ROBOR index, which is used to calculate the cost of consumer loans in lei with variable interest rates, increased to 7.25% per annum on Thursday, from 6.47% per annum in the previous session.
Moov Leasing, a Romanian company specializing in 100% digital operational leasing for individuals, microenterprises, and SMEs.
The main index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the BET, experienced a significant downturn on Monday, falling by 2.63% to 16,689 points by the late afternoon.
Etiq AI, the AI startup founded by Iris Anson and Raluca Crișan, has secured €900,000 in seed funding led by GapMinder VC, adding to their £1 million grant from InnovateUK.
Over half of the PE funds in Romania anticipate an increase in M&A activity in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a Roland Berger study.
BCR achieved a net profit of RON 742 million (€149 million) during Q1 2025, marking a 19.8% increase compared to the RON 620 million (€125 million) in Q1 2024
Only three in ten (30%) global CEOs are confident their companies will have higher revenues in the next 12 months, according to the PwC Global CEO Survey 2026, launched at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. This percentage is the lowest in five years.
The National Bank of Romania's (BNR) Board of Directors decided on Monday to maintain the key interest rate at 6.50% per annum in its first monetary policy meeting of the year.
Romania recorded the highest annual inflation rate in the European Union in December 2025, reaching 8.6% according to data released by Eurostat.
Raiffeisen Bank has placed its first benchmark eurobond issuance with a total nominal value of €500 million, in a reference transaction for CEE capital markets.
Raiffeisen Bank has officially rejoined the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) as a trading participant, marking its return to the Romanian capital market after relaunching brokerage services in December 2025.