Analyze
Alta banka: Progressive elephant, banking fly
Can Alta bank disrupt the financial system of Serbia? What messages does the introduction of bankruptcy send - should we trust banks and which ones?
Banking
Russian woman for "Vreme": Escaped from Putin's tycoons, Davor Matsura awaited them
Clients of Alta Bank in Serbia no longer have access to their accounts. Among them are many Russians. When will they be able to get their money? Will they have to say goodbye to sums greater than 50.000 euros?
Loans for an apartment
Housing vacuum: Wave of early repayment of "old loans" for housing
An apartment that was worth 70.000 euros ten years ago is now being sold in Belgrade for more than 200.000. This led to an increase in the number of early repayments of "old loans" for an apartment
Banking
New rules for commissions on payment cards
From now on, foreign cards will have the same commission as domestic ones, according to the new amendment to the law, writes N1
Banking services
Banking illogic: Why the permitted minus in banks is more expensive than the illegal one
How is it possible that the permitted minus, otherwise the most expensive banking service, is more expensive than the illegal one?
Economy
The SEPA system in Serbia: How do citizens benefit?
Banks in Serbia are officially in the SEPA payment system. What does this mean in practice for citizens and what are the next steps
Artificial intelligence and banking
Payment via Viber: Fast, easy and soon possible in Serbia
Viber plans to soon introduce the possibility of money transactions in Serbia through this application
Economy
How expensive are cash loans?
Data from the National Bank of Serbia for February show changes in interest rates for loans. How much more expensive are the loans?
Loans
Who misled whom: Citizens must return the money to the banks - with interest
More than 200.000 citizens sued the banks because the Supreme Court decided that the bank had no right to charge for loan processing services. However, the court then changed its position, and the banks are now demanding that citizens return their money
State borrowing
The fiasco of selling government bonds: Nobody will lend money to Serbia
The demand for government bonds at the March 10 auction was ten times lower than expected. Although this method of investment, unlike saving in a bank or investing in shares, is considered reliable because it guarantees a return on investment
Mysteries
Bank of England warned about aliens
A former analyst who believes in the existence of extraterrestrials warns the Bank of England to prepare for a financial shock if the information is officially confirmed
Euro exchange rate
What course awaits us in 2026?
Due to the American sanctions on the NIS, towards the end of 2025, there was a rush to the euro, so the NBS had to defend the exchange rate of the dinar with larger interventions from foreign exchange reserves. What course is expected in 2026?
Denial
NBS denies the writing of "Vremena" that banks have introduced a limit for the purchase of euros
The NBS denies the writing of "Vremen" that certain banks have introduced a limit on the purchase of euros. "Vreme" stands behind the information it published, and the NBS, as a regulatory body, can verify it
Banks
Penalty over ATM fees: Visa and MasterCard must pay $167,5 million
Visa and MasterCard to pay a total of $167,5 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiracy
Advertising
Be careful what you write on Viber so you don't get caught by Procredit Bank
Users who used words like "money" or "salary" in their private messages on Viber began to see advertisements for a cash loan from Procredit Bank
Navigator
How do you handle general mobilization?
Without a mobile phone, we will soon be completely helpless in an urban system that strives for absolute digitization. All administrative services adapt to mobile applications rather than desktop or laptop
Sanctions to NIS
Bank for "Vreme": "Cooperation with NIS is a trade secret"
Whether they do business with NIS, whether they are even allowed to talk about it, and how long that business will last, some banks explain to "Vreme"
Economy
Đorđe Đukić: Foreign banks will not take risks, they will stop doing business with NIS
Economist Đorđe Đukić assesses that no foreign-owned bank will allow payment transactions to be blocked and will suspend cooperation with the Oil Industry of Serbia on its own initiative. He warns that Serbia has been brought before the fait accompli and that the absence of an earlier reaction has led to a serious risk for the financial system
Beograd
Belgrade forced to borrow 15 billion dinars
"Aleksandar Šapić intends to transfer the consequences of all his mistakes to the burden of the citizens of Belgrade and some future city authorities, so he is forced to borrow 15 billion dinars from commercial banks," points out Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government
Loans for youth
The first contracts on subsidies for the purchase of apartments for young people were signed
Announced at the end of last year, after the beginning of faculty blockades and protests in Serbia, the first contracts for loans for the purchase of apartments for young people were signed.
Economy
New economy: Loans for young people will be minimally approved
According to sources from banking circles, banks that are not owned by the state, and there are significantly more of them in Serbia, will have to include loans for young people in their offer, but they will not approve them or the approvals will be reduced to a minimum.
Interest rates
What does it mean to limit the interest rate on permissible and impermissible minus?
Interest rates on permitted and non-permitted minus are limited for all banks. However, you should be careful with "hot money" when investing in the red.
Loans for youth
Up to an apartment with a one percent down payment: How realistic is the state plan
After the announcement in December 2024 about housing loans for young people amid mass protests across the country, the Government of Serbia adopted a bill enabling this. However, is this idea realistic?
Economy
When there is no money for a home loan: How to save yourself from executors?
The state has proposed a new law on the protection of users of financial services. One of the novelties contained in this document is a new deadline for those who cannot repay the housing loan
Russia's move
Three European banks are left without assets worth almost one billion euros
Three banks pulled out of financing a gas processing plant near St. Petersburg, and this is cited as Russia's main reason for seizing assets
Economy
Housing loans: Limited interest rates, how banks will respond
The National Bank limited to 15 months interest on housing loans up to 200.000 euros. After the deadline, banks will not have the right to ask citizens to compensate them for the difference
Economy
Will bank services be more expensive from September 1?
On September 1, the agreement between the National Bank of Serbia and commercial banks on freezing the prices of fees and commissions expires