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The Competition Council authorized the transaction by which the Otto Group, through the companies EOS Credit Funding DAC and EOS Finance IFN S.A., intends to take over a portfolio of performing and non-performing loans from BRD Finance IFN S.A. The receivables portfolio includes all receivables resulting from all loan contracts concluded by BRD Finance IFN S.A. with his customers. BRD Finance IFN S.A., present on the market since 2004, has in its portfolio loans for the purchase of goods, credit cards, car loans and loans for personal needs. EOS Finance and EOS Credit are part of the EOS Group, an international provider of personalized financial services. The main activity of the company is represented by the acquisition of secured and unsecured debt portfolios. The EOS Group, in turn, is part of the Otto Group, a global group of providers of e-commerce, retail and related services. Following the analysis, the Competition Council found that this operation does not raise significant obstacles to effective competition on the Romanian market or on a substantial part of it and that there are no serious doubts regarding its compatibility with a normal competitive environment. The decision will be published on the website of the national competition authority, after the removal of confidential information.
Due to the Pentecost holidays, we will resume our activity tomorrow, 10 06 2025
President Nicusor Dan on Thursday said that all political parties currently engaged in discussions - the Social Deocratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) - want to join the government.'I am very pleased that all the parties engaged in discussions want […]
More than half of Romanians think that PSD, PNL, and UDMR should be included in the next government, according to an INSCOP Research barometer conducted between May 26–30, 2025. “Survey participants were asked to indicate, for each parliamentary party, whether they believe that party should be part of the next government. Thus, 59.5% of […]
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The French Ambassador in Bucharest, Nicolas Warnery, stated, on Thursday, during a press conference, that there was "a systematic disinformation campaign" regarding his country during the presidential elections in Romania."Basically, we have witnessed a systematic disinformation campaign, sometimes with malicious interpretations, with mistakes, with lies, with the aim of harming France. Who is winning […]
Background Romania’s medium-term fiscal framework calls for the fiscal deficit to decline gradually from about 8 percent of GDP in 2024 to 7 percent in 2025 and 3 percent (or less) by 2031. With limited scope for expenditure consolidation ? given the low expenditure-to-GDP ratio ? revenue mobilization is imperative. In the short term, […]