Romanian Banks

Evenimentul Zilei: First with the news

by Craig Turp February 18, 2011 Romania

 It would appear that the phenomenon we reported on a year ago (see here) of Romanian banks phoning the neighbours of bad debtors to chase money is becoming more and more common. Local daily Evenimentul Zilei (always first with the news, a year late) has a report on it this morning. (It is illegal, though [...]

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De la banca, in legatura cu vecinul vostru de la 89

by Craig Turp March 2, 2010 Bucharest

 Phone rings. Bucharest Life answers. Familia Turp? Da. De la P*****s Bank sunt. In legatura cu vecinul vostru de la 89. The lovely lady from P*****s Bank then told me that she wanted some help trying to contact one of our neighbours, let’s call him Ion Ionescu, from apartment 89, who they simply can’t get hold [...]

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