Banking and Finance

The supreme court has ruled that a bill passed by parliament last July extending a moratorium on foreclosures until the end of October 2021 was not unconstitutional and should therefore now ...

The European Central Bank looks all but certain to announce on Thursday that its years of bond-buying stimulus are over and that high inflation means interest rate rises are imminent. ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) earlier participated and presided over the first annual general meeting of the Association of Balkan Chambers for 2022. The Association of Balkan Chambers ...

Business deposit rates fell further in April, turning negative for the first time in the history of the banking system, according to a report by the Central Bank released on ...

The financial ombudsman has advised banks and credit-acquiring companies to refrain from foreclosing on mortgaged properties before the definitive conclusion of procedures within the Estia housing loan subsidy scheme, otherwise ...

University of Cyprus economics professor Marios Zachariadis on Tuesday said that tackling inflation requires an immediate and drastic increase in interest rates combined with targeted fiscal measures that will not ...

For a company’s business strategy to work successfully, it must be based on changes taking place in the economy and in each sector, on political developments and on the ...

Eurozone inflation rose to another record high in May, boosting government bond yields as markets saw the data as a challenge to the European Central Bank’s view that gradual ...

Non-performing loans at the end of February 2022 fell to 11.3 per cent of total loans, according to data released by the Central Bank on Monday. This represents a 0.4 per cent month-on-month ...

Cryptocurrencies are a potential risk to consumers and the economy due to their high volatility, Cyprus Central Bank (CBC) senior director of banking operations division Christos Phanopoulos said on Sunday. ...

Lawmakers said on Monday they hoped for swift passage of a bill that would fast-track the return of at least part of the moneys legacy Laiki’s depositors lost in ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday evening said that Cyprus should maximise its comparative advantages in order to turn the investment funds sector into a means of attracting investments from ...

There was a net increase in both total deposits and total loans in April, when compared to March, according to a report published on Friday by the Central Bank of ...

Cyprus’ Central Bank (CBC) governor, Constantinos Herodotou on Friday projected that an expected rise in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB) would be manageable. Herodotou’s comments came ...

Russia is on the cusp of a unique kind of debt crisis which investors say would be a first time a major emerging market economy is pushed into a bond ...

Hong Kong’s central bank plans to hold a major conference in November it hopes will draw global banking bosses, sources said, as the financial hub seeks to welcome back ...

Russia’s central bank lowered its key interest rate to 11 per cent on Friday and said it saw room for more cuts this year, as inflation slows from more than 20...

Cyprus-licensed bank AstroBank on Wednesday announced that it recorded an after-tax profit of €3.3 million in 2021, a notable improvement on the €18 million loss it sustained in 2020. Moreover, the bank recorded a ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday described the decision by the bank employees’ union Etyk to stage a 24-hour warning strike on May 31 as “sad and disappointing”. The Etyk executive council announced ...

Lebanese banks are planning to close their branches in Cyprus, following a decision by the Lebanon Central Bank, according to a report by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) released on ...

Cyprus continues to experience excessive macroeconomic imbalances, the European Commission said on Monday during the presentation of its 2022 European Semester Spring Package. “Overall, vulnerabilities are receding and are falling below ...

The 10-minute home loan – at the tap of a smartphone screen – is emerging as the next frontier in Australian banking as rising interest rates quash a pandemic-fuelled property boom, eating ...

Israel Discount Bank (DSCT.TA) reported a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profit that was boosted by higher financing income and a one-time gain. Discount, Israel’s fourth-largest bank by assets, ...

The Bank of Cyprus plans to reduce the number of its branches by 25 per cent and workforce by 15 per cent this year. In numbers, this means 500 jobs will go and ...