02.27.2025

iBanFirst’s Bucharest office last year processed a volume of EUR1.4 billion in international payments, thus marking a 72% revenue increase. more

12.18.2024

Salt Bank, the first Romanian neobank, fully owned by Banca Transilvania Financial Group, has gone beyond 330,000 clients after the first eight months since launch on the local market, aiming to reach more

10.01.2024

First Bank, part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has broadened its portfolio with the Instant Payments service developed by TRANSFOND, allowing for the interbank transfer of sums of up to RON50,000 in less more

07.11.2024

iBanFirst, one of the leading global providers of foreign exchange and international payments for businesses, has intermediated EUR660 million in international payments for Romanian trading companies more

06.17.2024

Romanian lender Banca Romana de Credite si Investitii has expanded its services portfolio with the Plati Instant service developed by TRANSFOND, which allows the inter-banking transfer of sums of up more

05.28.2024

Romanians in the first four months of 2024 paid taxes worth over EUR250 million via SelfPay self-service payment terminals, for natural and legal persons, with 1.5 million deals of this type more

01.15.2024

Private pension funds in Romania on the mandatory (Pillar II) segment made payments worth over RON2 billion (EUR400 million) to almost 153,000 participants and heirs (beneficiaries) in the last 15 more

06.28.2023

A percentage of 15-20% Romanians frequently utilize purchases in instalments either at point of sale in store or at check-out when purchasing online, or post-purchase. more

05.26.2023

UniCredit and Mastercard have announced on Friday (May 26) the global expansion of their payments partnership through an agreement that targets 13 subsidiaries of the bank across 12 markets, including more

04.27.2023

Natural gas producer and supplier Romgaz, in which the Romanian state owns 70%, for 2022 reported payments to the budget worth RON7.7 billion, from RON1.5 billion in 2021. more

03.20.2023

ING Bank Romania is expanding its innovative payment services portfolio with Instant Payments services, developed by Transfond. more

03.09.2023

Poland-held BLIK, which has developed a cashless payment system, has recently entered the Romanian market, the second largest market in Central and Eastern Europe. more

03.08.2023

Online card payments grew over 22% in 2022 on the eMAG platform, accounting for 56% of total sales at national level, but in Bucharest, Cluj and Ilfov the weight exceeded 60%, as per an analysis by more

11.29.2022

Romanians made card payments of almost EUR5 million (RON24 million) on Black Friday (November 11), either online or in physical stores, through POS or the GP tom application, according to an analysis more

11.17.2022

The number of online card transactions in Romania increased by almost 27% on November 11, 2022, when most merchants carried out the Black Friday sales campaign, as compared to the previous edition, as more

10.24.2022

EuPlatesc.ro, one of the largest payment processors in Romania, partner with nine banks on the local market, announces the integration of the Apple Pay payment service into its own platform to more

10.13.2022

Intesa Sanpaolo Bank has launched an online lei payments service allowing transfers in 10 seconds at most since payment initiation, with the instant inter-baking payment system being increasingly more

09.15.2022

Foreign tourists spent a total RON168.8 million in July-August 2022 in Romania, compared to RON155.2 million in the same period of 2021, Global Payments, the world’s largest provider of payment more

06.03.2022

Global survey “Attitudes towards payment methods”, commissioned by eService and other EVO Group entities, shows that almost six in ten Romanians pay digitally due to ease of use and convenience. more

05.23.2022

The Board of Directors of Romania’s central bank has established a Payments Committee. more

02.15.2022

The number of online card transactions processed by Netopia Payments grew by 40% and their total value surged by 55% year-over-year in 2021, with an average 2 million online transactions processed more

11.18.2021

Private pension funds in Romania on the mandatory (Pillar II) and voluntary (Pillar III) segments made payments worth over RON1 billion (EUR200 million) to almost 115,000 participants and heirs more

11.09.2021

Online payment processor PayU expects products and services worth nearly RON500 million to be bought and paid online at 2021 Black Friday campaign, which starts on November 12. more

11.01.2021

The number of card payment transactions surged 61% in June 2021 compared to June 2019, up to 327 million, from 203 million in the pre-pandemic year, while the value of transactions grew 60% up to more

10.25.2021

The number of online card transactions processed by Netopia Payments grew 50% year-over-year in January-September 2021 and their total value surged nearly 55%, with an average 1.4 million online more