Banking and Finance

The number of registered vehicles in Cyprus witnessed a significant surge this year, soaring by 24.9 per cent between January and May 2023, according to the latest data released by the state’...

Central bankers, who once considered obscurity central to their craft, are trying to wean the world from the predictability they’ve nurtured over 15 years of concrete guidance about their intentions ...

Cypriot lender AstroBank on Monday announced that it has raised its deposit rates, describing the move as a response to the needs of its clientele and the Cypriot economy in ...

UBS (UBSG.S) on Monday said it had completed its emergency takeover of embattled local rival Credit Suisse (CSGN.S), creating a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 ...

JPMorgan said on Monday it expects Turkey’s central bank to hike interest rates to 25 per cent from the current 8.5 per cent at its June meeting, adding this could come ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting June 5: Cypriot firm Ask Wire on Thursday released a report examining the Paphos property market for 2022, including an ...

A small minority will not be allowed to tarnish Cyprus’ reputation, which has been built over many years, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Addressing the bank worker’s union, ...

Lebanon must take urgent action on comprehensive economic reforms to avoid “irreversible consequences” for its economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday. IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters that ...

Switzerland’s parliament has formally agreed to establish a parliamentary commission (PUK) to look into Credit Suisse’s (CSGN.S) collapse and rescue in a deal engineered by Swiss authorities, ...

Cypriot lender AstroBank on Wednesday announced that it is freezing the base interest rate for first-time homebuyers for all eligible borrowers. “AstroBank is moving forward with a programme to reward ...

Total new loans in Cyprus decreased to €473.9 million in April 2023, compared to €922.5 million in the previous month, according to a report released on Tuesday to the Central Bank of Cyprus (...

Meeting customers’ needs, Hellenic Bank rises to the challenge by modernising banking services Thanks to user-friendly Online Banking, customers get free and instant access and can manage accounts – hassle-free, securely, ...

The economy of Cyprus is expected to experience a slowdown, with growth projected to reach approximately 2.5 per cent in 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday by the International Monetary ...

UBS (UBSG.S) expects to complete its takeover of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) “as early as June 12”, which will create a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion ...

In recent years, most banks have gone through some form of Digital Transformation. Bank of Cyprus has been a leader in providing innovative digital services to its customers “As technological ...

Investors who earned easy money with high-risk bonds invented after the financial crisis are being forced to accept that the rules have changed: they may not get paid. Banks typically ...

The UAE Central Bank has issued new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidance for financial institutions when dealing with virtual assets, such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, it said on ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting May 29: A new plan is expected in the coming days to protect the primary home of people belonging ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis this week announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to establish a new tourism promotion agency, with the goal of boosting Cyprus’ tourism ...

Cyprus is the leading beneficiary of European Investment Bank (EIB) support per capita with €250 million in funds received during 2022, EIB president Werner Hoyer said during a visit on Friday. Hoyer ...

A new plan is expected in the coming days to protect the primary home of people belonging to vulnerable groups, the government said on Friday. The plan will come to ...

Russian state-owned lender VTB (VTBR.MM) on Friday set the price for its secondary public offering (SPO) at 0.018225 roubles per share, implying a maximum capital raising of 196.5 billion roubles ($2.43 billion). ...

Cyprus’ general government generated a surplus of €291.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, equivalent to 1 per cent of GDP, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical ...

Large US companies have been on a bond issuance binge but this rapid pace in supply may be hard to sustain ahead of expected volatility related to extending the US ...