Banking and Finance

Lending rates in Cyprus rose again in December 2022, with deposit rates also moving higher amid the European Central Bank’s normalisation of key interest rates, according to a report released ...

Investment firms and brokers in Britain teamed up on Thursday to back a new standalone retail platform to strengthen access for small investors to the UK capital market. Investment bank ...

PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) will need to cut more costs with its payment volumes expected to shrink as customers batten down the hatches to prepare for a potential economic ...

The household debt ratio in Cyprus stood at 77 per cent of GDP at the end of the third quarter of 2022, marking a slight decrease compared to the previous quarter, according ...

The overall solvency ratio of the Cypriot banking sector stood at 21.2 per cent at the end of September 2022, its highest level since the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) began collecting ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that there was an increase in the number of Management Companies and Undertakings of Collective Investments (UCIs) during the third quarter of 2022, ...

The outgoing government is handing over a healthy and robust economy, with prospects for further growth and development in the current years, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said during a presentation ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus on Tuesday announced that its board of directors has decided to appoint Miltos Michaelas as the bank’s new chief executive officer (CEO). The bank explained that ...

Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and Moscow ...

Counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation in Cyprus reached 451 in 2022, marking an increase of 113.7 per cent compared to the previous year, according to an announcement made by the Central Bank ...

Top central bankers, who credit the use of a 2 per cent inflation target with anchoring decades of stable prices, are facing the first full-on test of how well that approach ...

The European Central Bank looks set on Thursday to deliver another large interest rate rise to curb inflation. What it does after that is less certain. ECB President Christine Lagarde, ...

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Nigeria’s central bank on Thursday launched a domestic card scheme to rival foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa, hoping to enhance its drive to make Africa’s biggest economy ...

Deposits in the Cypriot banking system experienced an increase of approximately €590 million in December 2022, with their total balance exceeding €52 billion, according to a report published on Friday by the Central ...

An industry body set out a global framework on Thursday for trading derivatives linked to cryptoassets to avoid FTX-style collapses sowing confusion over ownership. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (...

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Rising borrowing costs are giving a long-awaited lift to Europe’s beleaguered banks, but they come with a sting in the tail. Last year central banks ended a decade of ...

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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week released the findings of a study seeking to identify the behaviour and habits of European investors. particularly with the increased use ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades this week provided a summary of the work that has been implemented under his watch, saying that Cyprus’ shipping sector has been making the country ...

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The domestic bonds issued by the Republic of Cyprus started 2023 with an increase, reflecting ongoing high inflation and the upward trend of key interest rates that is currently prevailing across ...