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Romanians had 1.3bn euros' worth of overdue loan payments in January
13.03.2011, 23:18 | Finance-Banks | 768 views
Banks' individual clients had overdue loan payments totally worth 5.7bn lei (1.3bn euros) in late January, with the sum being almost 73% higher than in the corresponding period of 2009, according to NBR data. Sums representing more than 30-day delays in loan repayment climbed by 6.8% in December and January, after having posted the first decline of the past year in the previous month. At 2.8bn lei, overdue payments for leu-denominated loans account for half of payment delays, while overdue payments for euro-denominated loans come to 35%. Read more on ZF.ro
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