TBI Bank, a Southeastern Europe challenger bank, joined forces with Romanian Fintech Association (RoFin.Tech), the leading Romanian Fintech Association, to support businesses all around the country. This partnership aims to contribute to the digitalization of the Romanian financial sector with a positive impact on the economy and overall society. “We want to build a smart […]
Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda announces the opening of a Talent Hub in Bucharest, led by Rares Huțanu as Director of Engineering. Just six months after securing a $263 million Series C, Bitpanda is gearing up its engineering team aiming to bring on board more than 70 people in its Romanian Talent Hub by the end of 2022. […]
Romania finds itself in a paradoxical situation: while investors are more than eager to fund local renewable energy initiatives there seems to be a lack of such projects under the sun, says Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu, a partner at the global law firm Dentons. During a press briefing, multiple Dentons representatives have given insights on the current […]
In 2021, the founders of early-stage startups in Launch launched technology products after working on them for almost 12 months. Over 80% of companies now have a product launched publicly or in the beta phase. Less than 20% of startups had a product launched early last year. Launch – the startup founders community – launches the […]
DocProcess estimates an 80% increase in demand for the implementation of electronic invoicing and compliance with an electronic invoicing system in the context of the national project RO e-Factura. The electronic invoicing system is operational in Romania starting with November 2021, being optional in the first stage and focused only on the Business to Government […]
Visa is launching a call to standardize the systems for seamless, interoperable payments in electric vehicle (EV) charging points across Europe. The company believes that the European EV charging industry should commit to providing consumers with the freedom to pay with their chosen method – primarily by adopting open-loop and interoperable payments. At present, there […]
Join now the largest incubator for tech startups in the EU, a project supported by the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions. European Startup Universe is an incubation program that is happening all at once in 11 EU countries: Romania, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Slovenia, lasting […]
Trulioo, the leader in global identity verification, announced today it has acquired HelloFlow, the innovative no-code, drag-and-drop builder of client onboarding, monitoring and digital workflow solutions. HelloFlow has been cofounded by Ciprian Florescu, a Romanian expert in no-code solutions and the CTO of the company. As consumers increasingly interact and transact online, the demand for […]
According to the latest data from the National Statistics Institute, the expenses per household in Romania increased by 11% in Q3 2021 vs the same period of 2020. However, the average income increased by less than 8%, and a similar trend is expected in 2022. With such a forecast, during this year, Romanians will be more challenged […]
The service revenue is at 191.5 million euros and continues to be stable on quarterly evolution for Vodafone Romania for the quarter ended December 31st, 2021, as reported today by Vodafone Group Plc. Vodafone Romania’s customer base reached 11.2 million on December 31st, 2021, and it includes clients of mobile and fixed services, as well […]