The European Central Bank (ECB) has reduced interest rates for the second time since June. The deposit rate, which is the ECB’s primary tool, was lowered from 3.75% to 3.5%,
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On November 3, 2023, international rating agency Fitch announced that they upgraded the credit ratings of Hellenic Bank Public Company Limited and Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited. Accordingly, Hellenic
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According to the recent reports, following the decision of the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Lebanese banks will be closing their branches in Cyprus. Lebanon is going through a severe
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The 6th International Funds Summit organized by Invest Cyprus and the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) was held on November 16-17, 2020 and gathered more than 500 delegates. A large
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On November 13th, Friday, DBRS Morningstar- Global Credit Rating Agency, published and confirmed the Republic of Cyprus’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB (low). At the
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Despite the fact that the United Kingdom has its own regulatory authorities such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the core regulation of the financial industry in the UK is
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Fitch Rating Agency confirmed Cyprus’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (“IDR”) at ‘BBB-‘ with a Stable Outlook. According to Fitch one of the key rating drivers is that the COVID-19
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On September 4th, 2020, the Cyprus Tax Department has published a clarification in relation to the bilateral agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the United States. The bilateral Competent
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Further to our recent news provided on January 10 on the EU Negative Interest Rate in Cyprus; Bank of Cyprus Plc recently announced that it will charge fees on deposit
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As of March 3 2020, Hellenic Bank Plc will start charging negative interest rates on deposits exceeding EURO 100,000. In accordance with the Cyprus News Agency these will only be
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