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What should Bulgaria expect from the euro?
It is now clear that euro zone membership has improved the economic performance of new member states
Bulgaria’s euro bid moves a step closer
The positive outcome of ECB’s asset quality review of Bulgarian banks will be the real entry ticket
New stress tests for Bulgarian banks
The European Central Bank will be conducting an assessment of six lenders starting in November
When it walks like corruption, when it quacks like corruption
While the Bulgarian authorities appear to be cracking down on some allegedly corrupt officials and businessmen, oligarchic interests favored by those in power receive a significant economic boost
Banks pass new milestone
The banking sector is in good shape, breaking asset and profit records with the help of one-off events, mid-year data show
New billion-lev deal in Bulgaria’s banking sector
DSK Bank is set to buy Societe Generale Expressbank for close to 1.0 billion levs, or 1.3 times its capital, vying for the top spot in the sector in terms of assets.
GDP growth keeping pace with the flow
Bulgaria’s economic expansion has slowed down in the second quarter in parallel with the trend in Europe
Bulgaria’s rocky path to the euro
Sofia received a formal promise to join the euro, but it will need to follow a longer procedure in comparison with earlier applicants
Accelerator for Bank Mergers
After the sector shrunk by four banks in the last five years, at least two more sales and a merger are expected before year-end.
Hello, inflation!
Prices in Bulgaria have taken a turn and are on the rise after three years of deflation. Forecasts are betting on a slight acceleration in 2018 and 2019, but current inflation levels are still nothing to worry about
Bulgaria faces an additional challenge on the path to the euro zone
Despite advice not to rush, the country will apply simultaneously to join the EU's Banking Union and the euro's waiting room – ERM 2
UBB SELLS RECORD NPL PORTFOLIO TO EOS MATRIX
THE SALE IS THE BIGGEST NPL DEAL SO FAR, AS BULGARIAN BANKS CONTINUE TO CLEAN THEIR BALANCE SHEETS
Bulgaria’s best banks
UniCredit Bulbank leads Capital’s TOP 10 Banks ranking for a second year in a row
EC remains moderately optimistic about Bulgarian economy in 2017
IMF raises Bulgarian GDP growth forecast by 0.1 pp to 2.9% in 2017
More and more united
Belgium’s KBC acquires UBB, the fourth-largest lender in Bulgaria, for 610 million euro in the biggest bank merger in the southeast European country