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Bulgarian Banks Post-Peak: Shrinking Margins and Slowing Profit Growth
Shrinking margins have effectively reduced the sector's annual profit growth rate to nearly zero

National Bank and FSC to sheriff crypto’s Wild West
A new law on crypto-assets introduces regulation of the sector in the country, which will require the licensing of service providers

The week: Time to escape the German economic embrace
The German curse of the industry, Peevski wins, BNB tries to curb house lending

From political to constitutional: Bulgarian caretaker gov’t crisis deepens
President Radev refuses to appoint the Kozhareva cabinet over her insistence on reappointing controversial internal minister Kalin Stoyanov, creating further political turmoil

Parliament Begins Debates on the Euro Introduction Law. The New Target is July 1, 2025
Deputies will require institutions to finalize technical preparations by March 2025 and approve all regulations by December 2024

The week: Dispatches from the frontlines of the heat war
Bulgaria bakes, coal TPPs fire up and no Anti-Peevski front forms

10 Years After the Collapse of CCB: Where Are the Key Figures Now?
A decade after the closure of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), there are still no convictions, and the mega-trial for draining its accounts is going nowhere

The week: A vacuum spot on the EU map
We’re not the poorest in the EU anymore, yet we’re still mute, and a drug lord decides to go to prison

The week: The Accountant and Srebrenica
Glavchev The Sudden Diplomat, Long work hours and a belated Tsar’s burial

First Investment Bank up for sale - sources
UniCredit Bulbank and Postbank vie to acquire Bulgaria’s fifth largest lender

The week: Lessons in change from Philadelphia, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, Fibank is for sale
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