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Romania Ctrl Bank Says Lenders Overcharge, Calls For Increased Competitiveness

The weak level of competitiveness in the Romanian banking system is allowing banks to dump some of their costs on to their customers, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Monday.

Florentina Dragu · 12 decembrie 2011 · 1 min de citit

Speaking at a seminar, Isarescu said lenders overcharge loan fees by passing on “all sorts of bank costs” to their customers.

“This is possible because the competition is not strong enough,” he added.

Isarescu said a competitive environment doesn’t automatically translate into a large number of players in the system, but rather into powerful, healthy competitors who can handle their costs and subsequently learn how to lower the costs transferred to their customers.

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