Hungarian Development Bank — Company card

The Hungarian Development Bank (Hungarian abbreviation: MFB) is a specialised financial institution, which performs its activities in conformity with relevant Hungarian legislation, and the support policy and competition rules of the European Union. Directive 2006/48/EC relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions is not applicable to the Bank, therefore part of the prudential rules pertaining to commercial banks are not to be applied to MFB, at the same time the scope of its activities is limited territorially and in some respect functionally as well. The core function of the Bank is to promote economic development, provide funding for small- and medium-sized businesses, to increase the technological level and the rate of employment, to improve the conditions of the development of energy efficiency, environmental protection and infrastructure taking into account sustainability criteria and to reduce regional disparities. In order to ensure the efficient use of EU funding, MFB with its products helps businesses to improve their absorption capacity.