Speaking at the conference Mediafax talks about Construction, Cionga said RBL surveys show some 2.1 million people might access savings and loan products in the medium term, or a penetration rate of 10%.
The number of contracts signed on this segment stood at 1.2 million in 2010, up 19% on the year, and increased 22% to 1.4 million last year, she added.
Only 2.1% of Romanians contracted savings and loan products at the end of 2011, while penetration rate is 36.7% in Germany, 13% in Hungary, 14.3% in the Czech Republic and 17.5% in Slovakia.
Cionga said some 43.000 people have so far saved and took out loans within the system. The value of their savings deposits stands at 313 million lei (EUR69.4 million), state premiums rise to RON40 million and loans amount to RON120 million. (EUR1=RON4.5089)