The European integration process has a direct impact on all the components of the macroeconomic environment. The existence of a well functioning and sound banking sector becomes of great importance for the integration process as the European Union economy is financed especially through this...

In recent years, most countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Member States of the EU, that we selected for the analysis (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania) have recorded a significant expansion of lending in foreign currency, which was one of the...

In the last two decades the usage of innovative financial instruments has increased in the European banking sector. Traditional instruments like loans sales have been complemented by new ones like the credit derivatives instruments. In this context, the aim of our research is to test if and how...

The current financial crisis has had a severe impact on the European financial systems, reinforcing the ongoing discussion about the scale, scope, performance, safety and soundness of the financial system and its institutions. In this context, the purpose of this research is to highlight, using...

During the period previous to the crisis, most of the EU new member states fromour research (especially Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,Poland and Romania) have registered a fast growth of the households indebtedness, whichhas lead to the extension of the...

The aim of our paper is to underline the main characteristics of the business and economical environment and emphasise the negative implications of the recent economic crisis on a panel of EU member countries, namely:Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. The results of our research...

The retail payment services represent a key component of any European commercial bank operations, alongside other components like savings and deposits, consumer credit loans and mortgages. Taking into account the recent turmoil that has characterised the financial landscape of the European...

Taking into consideration the necessity of stabilising the inflation rate at a level consistent with an economic policy strategy that assumes Romania will join the euro-zone at the earliest date possible the paper aims to underline the main aspects related to the implementation of the inflation...