Ivan said she does not expect a growth of lending in the banking system this year, given that most of businessmen focus on preserving their business.
On the other hand, Ivan said that CEC will continue to focus on financing agriculture projects, projects with EU funds and SMEs projects.
Between January 2008 and December 2014, CEC granted over 124,000 loans for farmers, totaling RON5.3 billion, representing around 17% of the total loans granted to legal entities.
As for EU-funded projects, the bank also granted 26,568 loans, totaling RON5.1 billion.