Finance

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…

6 months ago

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…

6 months ago

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…

8 months ago

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…

8 months ago

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…

9 months ago

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…

10 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago