Population and company deposits in March 2025 hit a total of RON629 billion, up 7.9% from the same period of 2024 (2.9% in real terms), after local currency deposits rose by 7.3% and foreign currency ones advanced by 9.3%, in line with central bank data.
Romania private lending in March 2025 registered a 9.2% increase from the year-earlier period, to a total amount of RON423 billion, after RON-denominated loans went up by 10.9% and foreign currency ones rose by 5.3%, in line with central bank data.
Otokar, the defense system producing arm of Türkiye’s largest conglomerate, Koç Group, has signed a joint venture agreement with one of Romania’s leading defense companies, Automecanica S.A. to manufacture locally, in Romania, COBRA II 4x4 ATBTU armored vehicles, thus aiding the development of the country’s defense capabilities.
Rompetrol Rafinare has announced it will restart the Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) unit at the beginning of May amid rising demand for petrochemical products.
Fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s, present locally in a franchise system, is accelerating expansion in Romania, aiming to open nine units in 2025.
Danish group Hartmann Packaging, a producer of moulded fibre egg packaging, wants to buy Dentas Romania, a subsidiary of Turkish group Dentas Kagit, which has a plant in Tartasesti, Dambovita county.
Paval Holding has officially confirmed the sealing of the acquisition of Ethos House of Floreasca, a building sold by Greek businessman Gkotsis Anastasios.
Local investment fund Underline Ventures, launched in 2002 with a $20 million size, has reached a portfolio of 17 tech startups both in Romania and other countries in the region and is on the lookout for new projects.