CEE Banking Study 2013: “Banks Rebalance Their Business Models” (1)

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: January 15, 2013; 14:41 ♦ (Vindobona)

The CEE banking sector keeps showing good profitability with revenue margins narrowing but still above Western European levels.

CEE Banking Study 2013: “Banks Rebalance Their Business Models” (1) / Picture: © Uni Credit Group Bank Austria

Although still in the grip of an uncertain global economic environment and EMU turbulence, the Central and Eastern European banking sector keeps showing good profitability. With an average return on equity expected at 10.9 per cent in the years 2012 – 2015, the region will reveal an attractive and more sustainable double-digit profitability ratio than Western Europe. This is one of…