Over the last twenty years, Croatian banking market has been extremely dynamic in terms of market concentration. The number of banks was cut in half, and more often than ever, the banks are merging and acquiring each other. In this thesis there are nine different indices of concentration. Today,...

In a banking environment such as Romania's, constantly changing and subject to the pressure of a fierce competition, all the attention of the banks management teams is oriented towards the costs and their possible reduction in regard to maximizing the profit. In our opinion the main challenge...

Recession and stagnation in the bank sector of Ukraine along with the growing world macroeconomic instability were found to have intensified the problem of the national banks competitiveness increase in both internal and external financial markets. To form an effective competitive strategy a...

Non-performing loans (NPLs) were found to respond to macroeconomic conditions, such as GDP growth, unemployment, and inflation; there are also strong feedback effects from the banking system to the real economy. This suggests that the high NPLs that many CESEE countries currently face adversely...

Economic growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been impressive with GDP. The dominance of foreign-owned bank subsidiaries has transformed the financial sector and altered the risks to financial stability. Reforms should focus on strengthening banking supervision and adapting it to the...

In this study, the processes involved in the financial stability of Rwanda after the global crisis are imparted. High growth and major risks included in macroeconomic stability are analyzed. In the case of the banking sector, the structure, performance, and competition of Rwandan banks are...