USR Collected 200,000 Signatures For Parliamentary Elections
Nicusor Dan, head of the Save Romania Union (USR), said on Monday in a Facebook post that USR collected 200,000 signatures for the parliamentary elections due in December.
Dan thanked everybody who signed and mainly those who collected signatures for USR and said the party needs another 20,000 signatures to avoid facing any kind of risk at the Central Electoral Bureau. (Puterea)
IMF Mission Chief For Romania Reza Baqir Meets With PNL And PSD Officials
Reza Baqir, chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission for Romania, along with IMF experts, met on Monday, separately, with delegations of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL).
Sources close to the matter said the IMF officials warned that Romania’s new government, to be formed after the parliamentary elections due in December, must solve the problem of the economic growth based on consumption.
The same sources said the IMF asked for „sustainable economic growth” and needed to make sure that political parties in Romania would forgo in 2017 the „economic growth based on consumption” and would encourage investments and exports. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Visa: 8 In 10 Romanians Use Mobile Devices For Payments Or Money Management
Eight in ten Romanians (79%) manage their money or make payments using a mobile device, according to a Visa survey. More than half of them (57%) buy expensive goods, while nearly two thirds (64%) pay their bills on mobile devices.
In Europe, the number of consumers regularly using a mobile device for payments has tripled from 18% to 54% since 2015. Consumers say they are as comfortable making more expensive purchases on mobile devices as they are with everyday payments.
“The study, which surveyed more than 36,000 online consumers in 19 European countries, reveals how consumer adoption of digital payments has shifted dramatically in the last 12 months.
The research also shows that mobile banking activity is increasing across all age groups. For the first time, more than half of European respondents in all age brackets are using mobile banking. Whilst millennials remain the most prolific category, other age groups are rapidly catching up. With a growth rate of 33%, the highest growth rate is the 55-64 year olds, while millennials 18-34 have a growth rate of 24%. (Puterea)
OMV Petrom Transfers 19 Onshore Oil Fields In Romania To Mazarine Energy
Oil and gas company OMV Petrom transferred 19 onshore oil fields in Romania, plus three workover rigs and associated crews, to Mazarine Energy SRL, a fully owned Romanian subsidiary of Mazarine Energy B.V., for an undisclosed purchase price.
The transfer is subject to approval by the relevant authorities, Petrom said in a statement.
The transaction is expected to be completed at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 when Mazarine Energy Romania will assume operatorship of the fields and employment of over 200 staff currently employed by OMV Petrom. Mazarine has identified a number of production optimization and workover opportunities that will grow production. In addition, seismic acquisition campaigns are scheduled to identify undrilled structures.
The 19 fields are part of a package which has been available for transfer since 2014 as part of field portfolio optimization. In 2015, the 19 fields had a cumulated daily production of approximately 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (representing less than 1% of OMV Petrom daily production). Capital for the transaction will come from the US$500 million equity line provided by Carlyle International Energy Partners, a US$2.5 billion fund that invests in global oil and gas exploration and production, mid- and downstream, oil field services and refining and marketing in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. (Evenimentul Zilei)
ASF Approves New RCA Tariffs To Suit Transporters
The maximum price of the mandatory car insurance policy (RCA) for a freight transport vehicle weighing over 16 tons, held by a company, was set at RON7,534, according to Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF).
The price is almost three times lower than the price currently charged by insurance companies.
For private individual clients, the maximum tariff reaches RON610 per year for a vehicle with a cylindrical capacity of 1200-1400 cm, driven by a driver aged 31 to 40. The new RCA tariffs will be submitted to the Finance Ministry which will further submit them to the government for approval. (Adevarul)