Bankers: Banking secret, inviolable

The head of NBR”s Surveillance Department, Nicolae Cinteza, and the chairman of HVB Bank Romania, Dan Pascariu, at the end of last week were invited at the Prosecutor”s Office to account for the way they collaborated with the officials investigating the Rompetrol case. At the end of the meeting, Cinteza stated NBR could not provide prosecutors with the information they had requested, since the central bank only keeps track of the banks” and treasuries” accounts. Cinteza denied information according to which he refused to work with the Public Ministry, stating he did not have the information requested by prosecutors. In his turn, Pascariu explained he could not provide the requested data, if there was no criminal investigation. ZF