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What the caretaker gov’t did - and where it faltered
Stefan Yanev’s first cabinet exposed many of the previous administration’s flawed practices but failed to fix many of them
The week: Yet another saviour on the horizon, Fourth Covid wave is here and some good news for the budget
To party or not to party, that is Kiril Petkov’s question, (some) Covid restrictions, after all, and even more expensive electricity
Housing loans granted in Q2 ’21 in Bulgaria reach 12-year peak
Transport & logistics sector leads among corporate borrowers in April-June
The Week: Plovdiv wins clean air battle, no cabinet in sight and an Olympic gold
Can you clean Plovdiv in a year, why industry in Bulgaria shut down for a week and who jumped into the deep end of politics
Banking is going through a fundamental transformation
Banks need to shift to customer-specific approach, the head of the EIB representation for Bulgaria Teodor Radonov tells Kapital Insights
Bulgarian banks weather stormy year in 2020
The financial sector got a reprieve for the coronavirus crisis but risks are yet to come in 2021
Demand for housing is on the rise
The housing market was active in the first quarter of the year, pushing property prices upwards
Bulgaria’s biggest fintech deals
Fintech companies’ strong growth draws interest from investors and VC funds
Coronavirus wipes out half of banks’ profit in 2020
Weak lending and COVID-19 measures are to blame. For a second year in a row, Bulgarian banks will skip dividend
The ghost of bad loans in a COVID-hit economy
Over 4.65 billion euro worth of loans have received a deferral under Bulgaria's credit moratorium by the end of August
Coronavirus puts pressure on Bulgarian banks
In the second quarter, banks’ profits plummeted due to higher provisions and declining interest and fee income
Mortgage lending did not bend to the pandemic
The overall property loan volume in Bulgaria grew in 2020 as demand remained high even during the pandemic
The pressure below surface
Bulgarian banks remained profitable in the first three quarters of 2020 despite the coronavirus impact but with the expiry of the credit moratorium drawing nearer pressure will likely increase on profit margins in the coming months
Bulgaria’s GDP: Nowhere to go but up
The sharpest economic drop on record was expected to be followed by a quick recovery. The third quarter is not looking so good though.
Bulgarian Development Bank’s New Leadership
A dubious loan stirred public uproar in April, leading to the quick dismissal of the bank’s management but the new team seems unlikely to fix the systemic problems at the state-owned lender
How the government bought a bank
The government has cleared the last hurdle on the path to the Eurozone’s waiting room by purchasing a 20% stake in the private lender for 140 million levs
Filling the gap
First Investment Bank (Fibank) prepares to smooth out wrinkles on its balance sheet found by ECB
The gambling war
The attack on gambling tycoon Vasil Bozhkov is yet another example of how politics and business in Bulgaria are intertwined