Matolcsy Spoke Out About His Suspicions, Rejected the Accusations
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The former central bank governor does not accept his suspicions in the Erste case.
György Matolcsy, the former chairman of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), has been questioned on suspicion of abuse of office in the so-called Erste case. The former central bank governor denies the charges and has filed a complaint with the authorities. According to the authorities, the central bank put pressure on the credit institution in 2023 in order to get a member of the supervisory board of the Austrian parent bank to resign from his po…
András Simor said in the spring that one of the vice presidents of the MNB had put pressure on Erste Bank to remove him from the supervisory board of the Vienna-based Erste Group.
He does not comment on the details of the ongoing case and does not give interviews.
György Matolcsy does not accept his suspicion in the Erste case, he filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office, and he is not commenting on the case. The former president of the central bank said in his statement on Saturday: On September 22, 2026, the investigating authority questioned him as a suspect in a case related to the 2023-2024 supervisory procedures of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank. I do not accept the suspicion.
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