Download or read book Competition and Efficiency in Hungarian Banking written by Dimitri Vittas and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considerable progress has been made in reforming the Hungarian banking system and strengthening its legal and regulatory framework. But Hungarian banking suffers from market segmentation and high nominal spreads, caused by high inflation, low leverage, and nonperforming loans.