Ever more Romanians hurt by recession, the lending freeze or the 25% salary cuts are showing interest in the instruments through which they can manage their money to be able to cope with the rising number of bills.
Asociaţia pentru Protecţia Consumatorilor din România (Romania's Consumer Protection Association), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) set up in 1990, says bugetulfamiliei. ro website has been visited by 100,000 people since it was set up in 2008 until now.
On the website, 460 questions have been answered by experts, and the personal budget calculator, an application allowing for income and expense monitoring, has been downloaded 18,000 times, according to the website's representatives.
APC Romania believes Romanians' financial problems are largely due to the lack of financial education. The NGO's representatives believe Romanians have trouble understanding lending contract stipulations or that they tend to overestimate their knowledge in the field.
Ever more Romanians hurt by recession, the lending freeze or the 25% salary cuts are showing interest in the instruments through which they can manage their money to be able to cope with the rising number of bills.
Asociaţia pentru Protecţia Consumatorilor din România (Romania's Consumer Protection Association), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) set up in 1990, says bugetulfamiliei. ro website has been visited by 100,000 people since it was set up in 2008 until now.
On the website, 460 questions have been answered by experts, and the personal budget calculator, an application allowing for income and expense monitoring, has been downloaded 18,000 times, according to the website's representatives.
APC Romania believes Romanians' financial problems are largely due to the lack of financial education. The NGO's representatives believe Romanians have