https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/non-performing-loans-spike-by-€1-5-billion
Non-performing exposures (NPEs) in the Cyprus banking system jumped up by €1.5 billion in January, as International Financial Reporting Standard 9 entered in to force...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-op-receives-two-bids-in-good-bank-bad-bank-scenarios
The Cooperative Central Bank (CCB) announced on Monday it has received two bids as part of its privatisation process launched in March, with one bidder going after the ‘good bank’ scenario just as the European Commission approved the acquisition of Altamira Cyprus by a joint platform with CCB and one of the bidders...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-recovery-is-being-recognised-by-international-agencies
Fitch does not currently anticipate developments with a high likelihood of leading to a downgrade...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/georgiades-makes-the-good-case-for-ccb
Borrowers who default on a loan won’t be able to pick up the phone and ask a politician to intervene, according to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, who insists that separating healthy banking from bad loans is the best way forward for the Cyprus Cooperative Bank....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/privatisation-of-co-op-may-lead-to-the-creation-of-a-bad-bank
A process launched by the nationalised Cooperative Cyprus Bank may lead to the creation of an Asset Management Company also known as a bad bank ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cooperative-bank-outflow-appears-to-have-stopped
The Cyprus finance minister says outflow has stopped at the state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank, following a €2.5 billion deposit by the government that is seeking private investors for the troubled institution....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/government-boosts-ccb-s-hand
The Cyprus government says it is depositing €2.5 billion at the Cooperative Bank of Cyprus, as part of a broader plan to eliminate uncertainty among depositors in the wake of a privatisation bid...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hourican-is-one-of-the-best-paid-irish-bankers
The Dubliner CEO of the Bank of Cyprus, was paid €2.1 million last year, putting him among the best-paid Irish bankers in the world...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bad-loans-still-high-despite-fast-economic-growth
Cyprus' economic growth has been supported by construction, tourism and professional services...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hourican-urges-business-to-help-in-a-speedier-resolution-of-npls
He said that one of the biggest issues in Cyprus was the tolerance on non-performers lending...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hedge-funds-show-interest-in-cyprus-co-op
Major hedge funds are showing interest in the Co-Operative Bank of Cyprus, including one headed by former Bank of Cyprus Vice Chairman and current US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. It is too early to predict any deal since investor goals differ from each other and all would depend on final numbers at a later stage. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-op-bank-en-route-to-healthy-future
Cyprus Co-operative Bank will be healthier without a massive NPL problem. Already it has managed to cut down on the number of branches and reduce its staff, but now the big step is finding investors with the right kind of portfolio to move banking forward....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-wants-focus-on-responsible-borrowers
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades says responsible borrowers deserve help, but draws the line where strategic defaulters take advantage of loopholes and don't repay their loans...
