Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study
Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern European...
Finance
Lithuanian gov’t unveils five-year plan to cement status as fintech leader
Ranked number four in the Global Fintech Index Ranking - and with more than 260 fintech companies and 7,000 professionals -...
Romanian PM announces joint business forum with Germany later this month
Romania's development and evolution are defined by resilience, sustainability, transparency, equity and efficiency, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu told the Annual...
CEE insurance sector grows by over 10%
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) insurance market reached a total of EUR 12.5bn by the end of the first quarter...
Bulgarian fintech unicorn Payhawk opens Vilnius office
Payment management platform Payhawk - Bulgaria's only unicorn - has opened a new office in Vilnius, Lithuania, it announced on Monday,...
Sberbank leaves Austria, completing EU exit
Russian bank Sberbank announced its complete withdrawal from the European banking market with the sale of its remaining shares in a EU member...
Investment group PPF buys Czech telco Nej.cz in billion-dollar deal
Czechia’s largest investment group PPF has acquired internet and television content provider Nej.cz from billionaire Karel Prazak’s Kaprain group. PPF made...
Hungarian ‘megabank’ gets green light
A new Hungarian bank is set to emerge from the merger of MKB Bank and Takarekbank as overseen by Magyar Bankholding...
OTP snaps up Slovene bank, plans merger to create market leader
OTP Bank has been cleared by Slovenian Competition Protection Agency (AVK) to acquire Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor (NKBM), Slovenia's second largest...
Venture capital investment in CEE doubled in two years – report
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is one of the fastest growing regions in Europe by enterprise value and has grown by...