May 2021 - Page 7 of 7 - NPL Confidential

S&P: How the brake was pulled on strategic defaulters

9 May 2021 Konstantinos Papagrigoris

The reasons explaining how the domestic credit system and the Greek government managed to pull the brake on strategic defaulters are analyzed in today’s report by credit rating agency S&P.

Auctions to resume next week.

7 May 2021 Editors

After being frozen for almost five months, property auctions will resume again “thus opening a window of opportunity” for loan servicers to implement a part of their business plans.

Α. Εnria: Αround 40% of EU banks sweep NPL problem under the carpet

6 May 2021 Editors

“About two in five banks… have significant gaps in terms of what we expect.”

Cairo Mezz: Why no revenue was booked for 2020

6 May 2021 Konstantinos Papagrigoris

The year 2020 ended without revenue for the newly established company Cairo Mezz, as a result of the first…

Greek NPLs traded in Q1 hit 16 bln euros

6 May 2021 Konstantinos Papagrigoris

Greek banks topped the European NPL market in the first quarter of the year trading 16 billion euros, knocking Italian banks from the first position.

EBA launches discussion on NPL data templates

5 May 2021 Editors

The EBA is improving its data templates on non-performing loans (NPLs) as a key action in facilitating sales of NPLs and the functioning of the secondary markets for NPLs.

ECB:NPL increase in H2 2021 will be less acute than expected

4 May 2021 Editors

The European Central Bank expects an increase in non – performing loans in the second half of the year, but it will not be as acute as it was expected at the start of the pandemic.