Banks

Loans for an apartment

13.July 2026 MLJ

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

14.June 2026 MLJ

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

10.June 2026 MLJ

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

05.May 2026. KS

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

29.march 2026 KS

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

29.march 2026 KS

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

17.march 2026 MLJ

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

11.march 2026 MLJ

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

18.January 2026 NR

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

02.January 2026 Bojan Bednar

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

20.December 2025 RV

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

20.December 2025 MLJ

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

Users who used words like "money" or "salary" in their private messages on Viber started to see advertisements for a cash loan from Procvredit Bank

Advertising

18.December 2025 BB

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

11.December 2025 Zoran Stanojević

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

10.December 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

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

04.December 2025 IN THE

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

25.June 2025 Novak Markovic

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

25.march 2025 KS

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.

Minister of Finance Siniša Mali signed the contract with the representatives of Bank Poštanska štedionica

Economy

21.march 2025 MS

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

18.January 2025 Katarina Stevanović

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

16.January 2025 KS

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

10.September 2024 IN THE

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

19.May 2024. DW

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

12.September 2023 BG

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

28.August 2023 BG

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

News

27.February 2022. FM

Economic sanctions on Russia: Nuclear measures

In response to the escalation of the invasion of Ukraine, Western countries introduced a "nuclear" economic measure: the exclusion of certain Russian banks from the SWIFT system. In addition, the West closed the airspace for Russian airlines and banned the operation of state media

News

23.December 2021 Filip Mirilović

Blockade of the judiciary in Belgrade: Lawyers' strike until demands are met

If the decision of the Belgrade Bar Association (AKB) on the strike is consistently applied, it will paralyze the legal system in the area of the capital from Friday, AKB vice-president Saša Ivanišević told Vreme.