10.16.2024

Visa and Raiffeisen Bank have launched for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe the Visa Signature card (debit and credit), expanding exclusive benefits for super-premium cardholders in the more

05.15.2024

Raiffeisen Bank has decided to go with Visa at its only card partner, which means the bank will be issuing new cards for those who already have Mastercard Raiffeisen Bank cards, its officials more

06.19.2023

Four out of five Romanians who will go on holiday abroad in 2023 plan to pay there by card, smartphone, or smartwatch, as per the latest Visa CEE Travel and Payment Intentions Study 2023 covering 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

11.17.2022

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

09.21.2022

Romanian state-run lender CEC Bank has launched a multicurrency card whereby customers have direct access to accounts in ten currencies and can make payments to merchants and withdrawals without fees 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

03.04.2022

The local subsidiary of Polish company Kruk has grown from a team of 15 to more than 600 people in 15 years, a development that has gone hand in hand with rising debt levels of consumers and sometimes 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

11.01.2021

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

07.31.2020

The value and number of card payment transactions increased 10% since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, speeding up digitization in the banking system, central bank data showed. more

04.22.2020

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03.04.2020

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05.01.2018

Romanians are using the credit cards for shopping more often, which drove the transactions and the number of credit cards up at a double-digit rate in 2017. more

02.21.2018

Romanians made 63 billion lei (EUR13.5 billion) payments by card in stores and online in 2017, almost double as much as two years ago, ZF has found from Romania’s central bank data. more

11.23.2017

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05.10.2017

eMAG, the largest online retailer in Romania, will be launching a credit card, in the second half of 2017, and also plans to enter the tourism market and sell voluntary car insurance policies Casco, more

03.13.2017

The value of local taxes paid by card rose by nearly 50% last year, to over RON360 million, due to the doubling of online transactions and the expansion of the payment networks, according to the data more

12.09.2016

Romanians spend over EUR1.5 million per hour during the period before Christmas, using their cards mainly in clothes stores, gas stations and supermarkets. more

12.08.2016

The video card market in Romania has reached 125,000 units this year, an increase of 15% on 2015. Games and VR were the growth drivers, said Traian Teglet, Nvidia marketing manager of the Balkan more

07.18.2016

Romanians travelling abroad made card payments worth RON5.3 billion (EUR1.2 billion), while ATM cash withdrawals totaled RON3 billion (EUR674 million) in 2015, according to a Visa study. more

03.29.2016

The number of Romanians making card payments on a daily basis rose 45% between March and December 2015. One in two Romanians use the card to pay for purchases priced below RON10 and the most common more

01.27.2016

The value of local taxes paid by card rose 42% last year, to approximately RON250 million, due to the increase of online transactions by 74% and the expansion of the payment networks, according to the more

09.16.2015

Romanians have increased the frequency of card payments when travelling abroad in the summer, especially for low-value shopping, while they spend more on accommodation and transport, according to Visa more

09.09.2015

Meal voucher and card issuer Edenred will launch Ticket Restaurant meal cards in Romania, estimating that over 100,000 employees will switch from meal vouchers to meal cards in the first year after more