Banking Sector: A Big Move Back Towards Normality
HUNGARY
- Report
11 Feb 2015
by Istvan Racz
Executive Summary Life in the domestic banking sector has been unusually eventful in recent weeks. In a surprise move, the government signed a memorandum of understanding with the EBRD on its future policy intentions regarding the banking sector. Committing to bank privatization, the reduction of regulatory interference and of the extraordinary banking tax, this document represents a clear break with the previous unorthodox policy line followed in this area, apparently in an effort to revitalize banking activity at a critical time. The compensation and debt conversion program is now in impl...
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