Bucharest, August X, 2022 – OTP Bank Romania announces the signing of the partnership with the Romanian Fintech Association (RoFin.tech), one of the leading organizations dedicated to supporting the fintech industry, whose members are companies founded by Romanian entrepreneurs developing financial technology solutions.
As a partner of RoFin.tech, OTP Bank takes another step in the bank’s digital development and innovation strategy, as well as in automation and supporting of the technological performance in the local financial sector.
"OTP Bank is going through an accelerated process of digital transformation, in which significant investment has been made over the last period. Thus, the association with RoFin.tech represents an opportunity for dialogue and collaboration with relevant organisations and fintech companies eager to grow. OTP Bank will support the members of RoFin.tech, more than 20 Romanian start-ups and scale-ups, giving them access to the bank's expertise and resources. OTP Bank's development vision is based on digitalization, innovation and services at the highest level of quality, centered on technology, but also on customer interaction. I believe that these characteristics are the premises for a successful, long-term partnership", said Constantin Mareș, Deputy General Manager OTP Bank Romania, Digital Division.
Among the objectives of RoFin.tech is to facilitate the exchange of experience between the members of the association in Romania and its partners at European level, as well as to support the creation and development of offline and online channels that local companies need to grow and expand their operations nationally and internationally.
At group level, OTP Bank has a solid policy of collaboration with fintech companies through OTP Startup program, which supports tech startups. Within the program are developed dedicated projects for internal efficiency, customer service area, product innovation and security.
About OTP Bank
OTP Bank Romania is a subsidiary of OTP Group, a universal bank with a very good presence in Central and Eastern Europe, that provides complete financial solutions, being active in the retail and corporate segment as well. From 2019, OTP Bank is going through an extensive transformation process, through which it aims to grow significantly in the business segments and to create a better customer experience. Having a continuously growing team, that embraces change and harnesses its potential, OTP Bank Romania is building a culture of trust at every level of the organization. The bank ranks 9th in terms of assets in the ranking of banking players in Romania, according to the latest NBR data. In Romania, the OTP Group members are the following: OTP Bank Romania, OTP Consulting, OTP Leasing, OTP Asset Management, OTP Factoring, OTP Advisors and OTP Bank Romania Foundation.
About RoFin.tech
The Romanian Fintech Association was founded in January 2020 and currently brings together 21 members representing start-ups and scale-ups in the financial technology industry (fintech). It has two well-founded objectives since its establishment: connecting the association to national and European financial authorities that can have an impact on the fintech industry, but also creating and facilitating as many development opportunities for members of the association. RoFin.Tech is a founding member of the European Digital Finance Association (EDFA), a European-wide association representing fintech companies across the Union in their interactions with the EU institutions.
More information about the association’s members can be found on https://www.rofin.tech/.
For additional information:
The Communication Team
OTP Bank Romania, www.otpbank.ro
E-mail: comunicare@otpbank.ro
