Wednesday, July 11, 2007

UniCredit Says Higher Interest Rates Won't Stop East European Lending Boom

(Bloomberg) -- UniCredit SpA will grow profit from its
eastern European banking businesses at least 15 percent annually
over the next two years, driven by a retail lending boom that will
likely survive tightening credit in the region.

UniCredit's 2007 pretax profit from eastern Europe will rise
to at least 2.8 billion euros ($3.9 billion) from 2.4 billion euros
in 2006, Bloomberg calculated based on the Milan-based lender's
forecasts that were published in a report. Credit to retail banking
customers will grow 35 percent annually through 2009, wrote Debora
Revoltella, UniCredit's chief east Europe economist.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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