In October 2021, the annual inflation in Bulgaria reached 6%, while the monthly inflation reached 1.8 percent in comparison to September, according to the National Statistical Institute. In August the annual inflation was 3.7%...
The profit made by Bulgarian banks as of 30 September, 2021, reached over half a billion euro, 195 million more than during the first nine months of 2020, BNT has reported. According to Bulgarian National Bank data, the growth of profit is by..
Despite rising inflation, banks expect low interest rates to remain in the medium term , said Tsvetanka Mincheva, head of one of the largest banks in Bulgaria. According to her, the pressure of rising prices provokes people to look for alternative..
The Bulgarian National Bank has taken a decision to restrict mortgage lending. The Board of Directors has decided to increase the capital buffer for banks' risk loans from 0.5% to 1% from 2021. The measure aims to ensure that vaults have sufficient..
Around 20% of borrowers will not be able to service their loans once the moratorium on them expires, Rayna Mitkova, President of the Association of Collection Agencies in Bulgaria declared during the Sound of Money Forum. “As restrictions are eased..
Two of the 8 companies financed with nearly BGN 1 billion by the state-owned Bulgarian Development Bank have obtained much better interest rates compared to their previous loans, the Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov told BNR. The difference in..
The meeting scheduled for today between the Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov and the eight largest borrowers of loans from the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) did not take place after none of the companies invited by Petkov appeared . The minister said..
Bulgaria's caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov has fired the members of the Supervisory Board of the state-run Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) Mitko Simeonov and Velina Burska. This happened after the two refused to meet with the minister...
The caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov has invited the representatives of the Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) to explain how they have allowed a concentration of loans for nearly BGN 1 billion /EUR 500 million/ in a..
The moratorium on loan repayments will not be extended for a third time. The end of the health-care part of the problem can be seen on the horizon, banker Levon Hampartzoumian has told bTV. "But as the medical issues..
