The annual growth pace of private lending in Romania slowed down to 8.7% in July, with the total amount reaching RON439 billion, after RON-denominated loans rose by 8.6% and foreign currency ones by 8.9%, in line with central bank data.
Meta Estate Trust, a holding company operating in the real estate sector, has informed the capital market its general manager Alexandru Bonea will complete his mandate at the end of October 2025, by mutual agreement with the Board of Directors.
Alternative investment fund Infinity Capital Investments has sealed an agreement for the sale of 91.42% of stock held in vegetable oil producer Argus Constanta to Bulgarian company Buildcom EOOD.
Banca Transilvania group in the first half of 2025 registered a RON1.97 billion, down 8%, with the net profit of the bank hitting RON1.78 billion, 1.8% lower than in the year-earlier period, influenced by the acquisition and integration costs of OTP Bank Romania and of the other OTP companies (mainly OTP Leasing and OTP Asset Management), as well as BRD Pensii (3rd Pillar) and BCR Chişinău.
Dutch retailer Action, active on the non-food items market, is readying to enter Romania, being already in the process of fitting out its first stores.
Scandinavian home furnishings retailer JYSK continues expansion in Romania and on August 28 is set to open two new stores, thus reaching a local network of 157 units.
Sanitaryware producer Cersanit Romania, controlled by Polish group Rovese, in 2024 registered turnover worth RON145 million (EUR29.1 million), down 9.7% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Benchmark Electronics Romania, specializing in the production of electronic equipment and subassemblies for electronic equipment, in 2024 registered turnover worth RON662.8 million (EUR133.2 million), down around 3.6% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Floorboard producer Barlinek Romania, the local subsidiary of Polish group Barlinek controlled by billionaire Michal Solowow, ended 2024 with turnover worth RON236.1 million (EUR47.4 million), down 6.1% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Farm input supplier Agrotex of Carei, Satu Mare, taken over by Swiss group Ameropa, in 2024 posted turnover of RON502.3 million (EUR100.9 million), down 22.3% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Agro Oil Service (AOS), a grain trader, grain seed, pesticide and chemical fertilizer wholesaler and provider of grain transportation by road, for 2024 reported turnover worth RON228.8 million (EUR46 million), slightly up, by 0.4%, in lei, from 2024, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
2025 comes with record high wheat and rapeseed crops and good prices for sunflower but also for oilseed crops in general.
GlobalLogic, a Silicon Valley company owned by Japan’s Hitachi, is stepping up investments in Romania, transforming the local market into a strategic hub for the development of AI-based solutions.