A month earlier, the banks refused payments amounting to RON616.4 million.
In 2010, Romanian bank payment refusals reached RON9.57 billion, up 1.6% on the year.
Romanian lenders refused to pay promissory notes, checks and notes of exchange amounting to 533 million lei (EUR1=RON4.1685) in February, the lowest level since October 2008, central bank data showed Monday.