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Category: Banks & Finance
October marked the 10th anniversary of the revocation of licenses of the three banking institutions involved in the “theft of a billion”, but this time was not enough to recover the stolen funds: it was possible to recover about 3 billion lei in emergency loans, but the remaining debt exceeds 11 billion lei, Logos Press reported.
A threefold increase in any indicator in the banking market can hardly be considered an ordinary event. This also applies to the National Bank’s increase in the countercyclical capital buffer rate for exposures from loans in Moldova from 0.5% to 1.5% of the total value of the exposure to risk. This wording seems complicated to explain, but it is not difficult to understand.
The Moldovan Parliament adopted in the second reading amendments to the Law on State Budget for 2025, increasing its deficit by 304.6 million lei (+1.7%) – up to 18 billion 211 million lei.
A bill that hands the president of Moldova the final decision to recall the leadership of the National Bank has sparked controversy in parliament. Opposition MPs warned that the National Bank could now find itself outside the “orbit of the country and parliament”.
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the introduction of the Moldovan leu into circulation, Logos Press reports.
Moldovan citizens saved 1.4 million euros on transfer fees in the first month after Moldova joined the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), – reports Logos Press.
The stock option plan program was approved by the parliament last year, but it has not been in effect so far due to the lack of regulations with a written procedure for its application. This has been repeatedly pointed out by representatives of the business community. The Ministry of Finance has developed a relevant regulation on the Long-Term Incentive Program (stock option plan).
In 2026, the lump-sum allowance for childbirth will be increased to 21,886 lei, Logos Press reported.
The profitability of the insurance business continues to decline due to the outpacing growth in costs associated with the insurance business, according to Logos Press.
A parliamentary initiative to abolish legal provisions restricting the use of cash when buying real estate has been recorded in Parliament, Logos Press reported.
Adjustments to this year’s budget changes have affected the income of first-tier local elected officials, Logos Press reported.
In October, the extent to which net demand for foreign exchange from business entities was covered by net supply from individuals was 82%, up from 83.6% in September 2025, Logos Press reported.
In October, the annual dynamics of growth in the volume of lei deposits slowed down, giving primacy to the attraction of foreign currency funds of economic entities, – reports Logos Press.
Amid increased demand for credit resources, banks will have to optimize their lending policies to meet the regulator’s financial stability requirements, Logos Press reported.
In the period from January to September 2025, income tax revenues from individuals renting out immovable property increased by 27.2 percent compared to the same period in 2024 and amounted to 77.2 million lei, Logos Press reported.
Large-scale tax reforms in Moldova are planned for 2027 to ensure that they are properly prepared, consulted with the business community, and are stable and predictable for entrepreneurs. For 2026, the Ministry of Finance intends to promote less complex and precise, but positively affecting business adjustments. And in the short term – to extend and make permanent the mechanism for deferring income tax payment until dividends are withdrawn, at least for certain categories of business entities.
Moldova’s largest agribusiness holding and a major agribusiness operator in the Black Sea region, Trans-Oil Group, generated revenues of $2.17 billion in the last fiscal year, of which $27.5 million in Moldova
The National Bank has revised the inflation forecast for the medium term upward, except for the end of 2025. – early 2026, Logos Press reported
The government’s desire to borrow more from the domestic market is not supported by commercial banks despite a stable supply of yields, Logos Press reported.
In the new episode of the National Bank of Moldova’s “The Meaning of Money” podcast, the NBM Governor Anca Dragu and International Finance Corporation representative Galina Cicanci discuss why the ability to save is becoming the foundation of personal independence, how financial discipline is formed, and what role women and digitalization play in this process.
