Exim Banca Românească, formerly a corporate bank known as EximBank and the Export–Import Bank of Romania, is a universal bank based in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1992 as a public limited company, with the Romanian state being the majority shareholder. Currently, the majority of the shares, ie 95.3%, is managed by the Ministry of Finance, the other shareholders are SIF Banato Crisana - 0.31%, SIF Moldova - 0.31%, SIF Transilvania - 0.31%, SIF Muntenia - 0.42% and SIF Oltenia - 3.27%.
Export-Import Bank of Romania logo until 2023
In June 2019, Export-Import Bank of Romania has signed an agreement with National Bank of Greece (NBG) to acquire 99.28% stake in Banca Românească (BROM).[1] Following the completion of the deal, EximBank will foray into the domestic retail banking market and will become a universal commercial bank. As a result of the deal, EximBank's market share is said to increase by 3%, placing it at one of the top 10 largest tenders in the country.[citation needed]
As a result of the merger with Banca Românească, on 10 May 2023, EximBank relaunched itself from a corporate bank to a universal bank, under the new name Exim Banca Românească.[2]
In 2019, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Export–Import Bank of Romania[4] established the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund.[5] It is focusing on projects creating transport, energy and digital infrastructure in the Three Seas region. The aim is to raise up to EUR 3-5 billion.[6]
The Fund will engage, on a commercial basis, in infrastructure projects with a total value of up to EUR 100 billion,[7][8] while the needs of the Three Seas region have been estimated at over EUR 570 billion.[9]
