Leasing more suitable for investments

“We want to change Romanians’ idea of leasing. The leasing is not a way of buying a car, but a way of financing an investment. It is not a way to stimulate consumption, it rather a way to make financing easier to get.” This is the statement of purpose made by the new deputy chairman of the National Union of Leasing Companies in Romania (UNSRL), Dan Stoica, during a seminar organised together with the European leasing companies organisation, Leaseurope, on Tuesday. “The Romanian leasing market will reach maturity in three to five years. However, we have to fight to improve the legislative environment and fight the mentality above all. People in Romania still prefer to own every product they buy, even if it means paying a higher price for it,” Stoica added. The new UNSRL chairman Cornel Coca Constantinescu shares Stoica’s view. “The industrial equipment leasing has started to grow and will keep moving at the same pace and be joined by the development of the real estate leasing,” Constantinescu said. ZF