* Cerbulescu, ANPC: "We may grant one month, one month and a half, but it's not a postponement, it's an extension"
The Romanian Banking Association (ARB) wants the postponement of the deadline by which the commercial banks would have to install TV screens inside their branches, to allow the text concerning the customers' rights, which will be displayed on the TV screens, to be "consistent", Radu Graţian Gheţea, the president of the Romanian Banking Association said yesterday, at the conference organized by the Romanian Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC).
He said: "I take this opportunity to address a suggestion to Mr. Cerbulescu, concerning the order no. 164 of the ANPC, which stipulates that starting with April 1st, in the case of urban bank branches, and July 1st, in the case of rural branches, banks would have to display specific information on TV screens, concerning the rights and obligations of consumers. We are currently holding talks with the ANPC concerning the texts which will be displayed on the screens. We have promises that we will receive the favorable license of the ANPC. Our suggestion is to review the possibility of delaying the deadline, precisely to allow all banks to agree on the text. (...) I know that we have had another delay, but it is important that banks have a consistent approach. We do not want to present something that is makeshift, and is not unified".
According to Radu Graţian Gheţea, yesterday, the RBA was going to send a letter to the ANPC which was going to include the aforementioned suggestion.
In response to the statement of the president of the RBA, Constantin Cerbulescu, the president of the ANPC yesterday said that he would review the request of the banking community: "We will review the request of the ARB. We want for the information to be consistent for all the commercial banks. We are trying to deal w
