Bucharest, 28th of August 2007

The National Bank approved the internal lending regulations of Credit Europe Bank, in force starting September 5th, 2007.

The maximum indebt ratio accepted by Credit Europe Bank for their clients is up to 65% of their incomes and will be established based upon the applicant's income and the "scoring" generated by the bank.

"Not only the client portfolio data and history of more than 400,000 clients but also the international know-how of consumer lending and mortgage business helped us to establish the credit norms and principles approved by National Bank of Romania. While we will continue the prudent banking and crediting approach, the new credit norms will allow us client segmentation and risk based pricing for each product" declared Mr. Tamer Ozatakul, president of Credit Europe Bank Romania.

The new norms will be applied to all the credit products offered by the bank, from which we can mention/such as the mortgage loans, personal need loans and credit cards.

Credit Europe Bank (Romania) S.A., former Finansbank (Romania) S.A. - is a universal bank, offering a full range of products and services to individuals, small entrepreneurs, SMEs and large corporations, through more than 90 branches and agencies and through its alternative delivery channels: ATM and POS networks, Internet Banking. The bank owns a portfolio of over 400.000 clients.