Romanians had 1.3bn euros' worth of overdue loan payments in January

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%.

Delays in paying instalments for euro-denominated loans have doubled in the past year and have gone beyond the equivalent of 2bn lei (470m euros) in January, while delays for leu-denominated loans have risen by 40%. However, the fastest advance was registered by overdue payments for Swiss franc loans, whose volume tripled in January 2010-January 2011 and reached the equivalent of 822m lei.