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Central & eastern Europe
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Armenia’s future increasingly influenced by immigration
April 18, 2024Closer alignment with the EU is set to boost economic prospects further
EBRD won’t finance military activities despite support for Ukraine, says bank president
March 20, 2024Odile Renaud-Basso calls for Ukraine’s wider integration with the EU
Ukraine war: how do you keep a bank going during a conflict?
February 28, 2024Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, discusses the challenges the bank faced following the Russian invasion
US moves closer to sanctioning international banks over Russia links
February 26, 2024After Alexei Navalny’s death, Washington is reiterating its threat to target foreign banks over ties to Russia’s war effort
Civil society organisations urge EBRD for more human rights action
January 26, 2024The EBRD announces a new CSO steering committee to improve engagement, but its human rights due diligence is still seen as inadequate
Slovakia to impose bank tax
December 15, 2023Banks in the country will lose the ability to generate sufficient levels of capital.
Latvian banks to pursue cash availability
December 5, 2023The country’s financial institutions are working on consolidating the role of cash and the requirements for access to it with a law that would take effect in January 2025.
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Bank of the Year 2023 global winner – UniCredit
December 4, 2023The CEO of UniCredit Bulbank and deputy head of UniCredit Italy talk about how UniCredit is advancing its digital transformation in Italy and Bulgaria.
The Banker’s Top 100 CEE Banks 2023
December 1, 2023Polish and Czech banks dominate the top 10 based on Tier 1 capital, with Hungary’s OTP Bank pipping PKO Bank Polski to first spot this year.