Finance | 21 November, 2025 at 4:41 PM
BT raises €500 million in CEE's largest AT1 bond issue
BT has completed CEE's largest Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bond issuance, raising €500 million in the international capital markets.
BT has completed CEE's largest Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bond issuance, raising €500 million in the international capital markets.
BT Financial Group sustained operational and financial growth in the first nine months of 2025, continuing to strengthen its market position.
BT reported a net profit of RON 1.78 billion (€359.1 million) for H1 2025, a slight decrease of 1.9% compared to the RON 1.81 billion (€365.1 million) recorded in the same period of 2024.
Banca Transilvania (BT) has successfully completed its inaugural issuance of sustainable bonds in Romanian Lei, attracting RON 1.5 billion (€301.7 million).
Banca Transilvania recorded positive results in the first nine months of the year, mainly driven by organic growth, customer activity and volume of operations.
The World Bank has significantly downgraded its economic growth projections for Romania this year, lowering expectations to 0.5% from the 1.3% forecast issued at the start of 2026.
Foraj Sonde Videle has announced the acquisition of Raffles Energy, a British holding company that owns two Romanian energy companies active in natural gas and electricity production.
Econergy Renewable Energy has secured approximately €31 million in project financing from Kommunalkredit Austria to develop its 60 MW photovoltaic project in southeastern Romania.
Romanian software company Arobs Transilvania Software has completed the merger by absorption of five subsidiaries - Arobs Development & Engineering, Berg Computers, Nordlogic Software, Infobest Romania, and Centrul de Soft GPS.
The European retail sector faced a cooling period in February 2026, with the latest Eurostat data revealing a divergence between a stabilising Union and a sharply declining Romanian market.