A meeting of the extended Council of HUP and the CEOs of the five largest Croatian banks was held at the Croatian Employers’ Association on Thursday, where fiscal policy in times of crisis was discussed, HUP announced.
The conclusions from this meeting will be presented to Prime Minister Dr. Ivo Sanader at a special meeting expected on Friday, the statement said. The meeting was attended by Franjo Luković, CEO of Zagrebačka banka, Božo Prka, CEO of Privredna banka Zagreb, Petar Radaković, CEO of Erste & Steiermarkische banka, Zdenko Adrović, CEO of Raiffeisen banka, Tomislav Krpan, Societe Generale, Ivica Todorić, CEO of Agrokor, Tomislav Dragičević, CEO of INA, Matko Bolanča, CEO of Pliva, Darko Marinac, CEO of NVK, Damir Kuštrak, president of HUP, and Đuro Popijač, general director of HUP, the statement said.
Nine international banks operating in Central and Eastern Europe have jointly called on the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase support for the region, European media reported on Thursday.
The Austrian Raiffeisen International is credited with gathering the banks in the latest call to the ECB, along with Italian banks UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, Austrian Erste Bank, French Societe Generale, Belgian KBC, German Bayern Landesbank, Swedish Wedbank, and Greek EFG Eurobank.
