Prior to the unveiling of the new €10 in January 2014, European Union residents can discover the note’s security features in a competition to be launched today. 20 high-scoring players will win €5 VIP banknotes from the Europa series personally … Read the full press release
Frankfurt, Germany, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — National Bank of Serbia, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia and the European Central Bank (ECB) today celebrated the completion of an extensive cooperation agreement with the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) to help the … Read the full press release
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the October 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, … Read the full press release
02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to introduce gender targets with the aim of doubling the share of women in management. By end of 2019, 35% of middle management positions (Heads of Division, … Read the full press release
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the July 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, usually at the beginning … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government
Tagged bank lending, ECB, euro area, July 2013 euro area bank lending survey, The European Central Bank
11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) today completed a cooperation programme aimed at helping the NBRM to advance its preparations for joining the European System of Central Banks … Read the full press release
9-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The reasons for the ECB’s low long-term interest rate announcement last week, ways to boost lending to small firms and efforts to reduce the fragmentation of financial markets in the EU were among the issues debated with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics
Tagged ECB, Mario Draghi, Sharon Bowles
Brussels, 4-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A delegation from the European Commission, in liaison with the European Central Bank, the European Stability Mechanism and the European Banking Authority, carried out the third review of the financial sector assistance programme for Spain from … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics, Spain
Tagged bank restructuring, EC, ECB, European Banking Authority, European Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism, International Monetary Fund, SAREB, solvency, solvency rates, Spain, Spanish asset management company, Spanish financial markets, statement
MEPs dissect Cyprus bailout with Messrs Rehn and Asmussen 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The confusion and delay that surrounded decisions on the Cyprus assistance plan were not only due to Cypriot intransigence. Rather, they reveal a need to radically rethink Eurogroup … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Cyprus, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged bailout, bank recapitalisation, Cypriot package, Debate, ECB, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Emergency Liquidity Assistance, Eurogroup, Eurozone, Jorg Asmussen, Laiki Bank, MEPs, Olli REHN, Troika
Brussels, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Dublin during April 23rd – May 2nd, 2013 for the tenth review of the government’s economic programme and met with … Read the full press release
Frankfurt am Main, 8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Republic of Cyprus and fulfilling all other eligibility criteria shall again constitute eligible collateral for the purposes of Eurosystem credit operations, subject to special haircuts. … Read the full press release
7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has today decided to continue conducting its main refinancing operations (MROs) as fixed rate tender procedures with full allotment for as long as necessary, and at least until … Read the full press release
3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At today’s meeting, which was held in Bratislava, the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions: The interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be decreased by 25 basis … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Slovakia
Tagged ECB, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, interest rate, Monetary policy decisions
Eurosystem introduces Europa Series €5 banknote 2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A new €5 banknote, the first one in the Europa series, started to circulate today in the euro area countries. To mark the occasion, a short event hosted by Jozef Makúch, Governor … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Society, Technology
Tagged banknote, banknote technology, Bratislava, ECB, euro generation children, Europa, Europa Series €5 banknote, Eurosystem, Greek mythology, hologram, Jozef Makúch, Mario Draghi, Národná banka Slovenska, watermark, €5 banknote
2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is today publishing its eighth report on the results of the “Survey on the access to finance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the euro area”. This survey round was conducted … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment, Small Business
Tagged bank loans, ECB, euro area, finance, financing needs, SMEs, survey
29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An improvement in financial market integration was observed in the second half of 2012, after a further deterioration in the first half of the year caused by adverse market sentiment, worsened fiscal conditions and bank fragility in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics
Tagged adverse market sentiment, bank fragility, banking credit, banking union, ECB, equity, euro area financial markets, Financial integration in Europe, financial market, improved financial market, OMT, Outright Monetary Transactions, redenomination risk, worsened fiscal conditions
29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MEPs quizzed European Central Bank Vice-President Vitor Constancio on what more can be done to help credit flow to businesses and households, whether austerity is the right recipe, ECB transparency and possible interest rate cuts at Wednesday’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged Austerity, credit flow, crisis, ECB, Emergency Liquidity Assistance, European Central Bank, Gianni Pittella, interest rate cuts, lend, liquidity, MEPs, rate cut, structural reforms, Vitor Constancio
29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EIB is one of “five major building blocks” for economic recovery and sustainability according to an editorial article published today in the International Herald Tribune and co-signed by Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs; Jeroen … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics
Tagged 10bn capital increase, Brookings Institution, ECB, economic recovery, EIB, ESM, European Central Bank, European Investment Bank, International Herald Tribune, investments, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Jorg Asmussen, Klaus Regling, lending, Olli REHN, uropean Stability Mechanism, Washington DC, Werner Hoyer
24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the April 2013 euro area bank lending survey today. The bank lending survey, which is conducted four times a year, usually at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment
Tagged bank, bank lending, bank lending behaviour, bank lending survey, banks’ funding conditions, credit margins, credit standards, ECB, euro area, European Central Bank, Eurosystem, financial market tensions, Frankfurt am Main, lending, sovereign debt crisis, survey, wholesale funding
Vienna , 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Before the new €5 banknotes of the Europa series start to circulate on 2 May, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) invited experts from several countries to a high-level conference in Vienna … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Society
Tagged banknote equipment manufacturers, banknote security, banknotes, Benoît Cœuré, cash-accepting machines, Catherine Piana, Conference, ECB, Euro, euro area, euro area citizens, euro banknotes, Eurosystem, national central banks, newfaceoftheeuro, OeNB, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Wolfgang Duchatczek
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