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Banca Românească

A Romanian banking brand that was merged into Exim Banca Românească in 2023.

Last updated August 25, 2026

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Overview

Banca Românească was a Romanian banking institution headquartered in Bucharest and serving customers through a domestic network of branches and business centers. Its activities formed part of Romania’s commercial banking sector, with services described broadly as banking services for retail and business customers. The bank operated more than 100 locations and employed 1,039 people at the end of 2019, indicating a substantial physical presence in the Romanian market at that time. Its reported assets at the end of 2019 were approximately 6.63 billion Romanian lei. The institution later became associated with Exim Banca Românească. In 2023, Banca Românească was merged with Eximbank, creating the combined entity known as Exim Banca Românească. As a result, Banca Românească no longer operates as a separate banking institution or standalone brand in the form described by its earlier corporate history. Publicly available reference material supplied for this entry does not establish the bank’s founding year, founder, detailed ownership chronology, product names, executive roster, or financial performance beyond the 2019 asset figure. Those details are therefore left unreported rather than inferred.

History

Banca Românească was a bank operating in Romania and based in Bucharest. The available reference material identifies it as a Romanian banking institution but does not provide a confirmed founding date or a documented founder. During its operating period, the bank maintained a sizeable domestic distribution network consisting of more than 100 branches and business centers. This network supported its role in Romania’s commercial banking market and provided a physical channel for customer services. By December 2019, Banca Românească had 1,039 employees. Its reported assets at the end of that year amounted to 6,630,686 thousand Romanian lei, or approximately 6.63 billion lei. These figures place the bank among the established participants in Romania’s banking system at that point, although the available source does not provide a detailed breakdown of assets, income, loan portfolios, deposits, or capital. The bank’s public profile later became connected with Eximbank, the Romanian banking institution that ultimately absorbed it. In 2023, Banca Românească was merged with Eximbank. The resulting institution was named Exim Banca Românească. This transaction marked the end of Banca Românească as a standalone bank and consolidated its operations under the Exim Banca Românească identity. Because the supplied reference material is concise, it does not establish the full ownership history, legal structure, management succession, named product portfolio, advertising campaigns, regulatory events, or detailed rationale for the merger. No such information is added here without a supporting source.

  • 2023

    Merger into Exim Banca Românească

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    Banca Românească was merged with Eximbank, forming Exim Banca Românească and ending the bank’s existence as a separate institution.

  • 2019

    Reported operating scale

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    At the end of 2019, the bank was reported to have more than 100 branches and business centers, 1,039 employees, and assets of approximately 6.63 billion Romanian lei.

Products and positioning

A domestic Romanian commercial bank with a broad branch and business-center network, serving retail and business customers before its 2023 merger into Exim Banca Românească.

  • Retail banking

    Retail banking services

    Banca Românească operated as a domestic commercial bank serving customers through a network of branches and business centers. The available source identifies banking services generally but does not document specific account, card, mortgage, or consumer-credit product names.

  • Business banking

    Business banking services

    The bank’s branch and business-center network supported banking activity for business customers in Romania. Specific corporate products, sector programs, and eligibility terms are not identified in the supplied reference material.

Brand decisions

  • 2023

    Merger with EximbankM&A

    Background

    Banca Românească was operating as a Romanian bank before being combined with Eximbank.

    Action taken

    The bank was merged with Eximbank, and the combined institution adopted the name Exim Banca Românească.

    Aftermath

    Banca Românească ceased to operate as a separate bank and its activities became part of Exim Banca Românească.

Recent events

  • 2023

    Banca Românească merged with Eximbank to form Exim Banca Românească[1]

    M&A · Other

    Banca Românească was merged with Eximbank, ending its operation as a separate banking institution and contributing to the formation of Exim Banca Românească.

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