OTP Bank Romania launches, for the first time, the "1st Year Entrepreneurship" mini-series, a Startup Hero branded project. The series presents four entrepreneurs  unique stories who talks about the problems  they encountered in the first year of their business, but also about the solutions they found that made them go further. Regardless of their field of activity, the events of the four protagonists, clients of the bank, are real and they present unexpected situations that they faced in the beginning of entrepreneurship.

OTP Bank Romania, subsidiary of OTP Group, an integrated and self-funded provider of financial services, brings today its customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay fast and convenient. Apple Pay will be available for all OTP Bank Mastercard cardholders.

- After tax profit of RON 79 million (HUF 5.4 billion), increased by 14% year-on-year
- Cumulative operating profit improved by 18% y-o-y, as a result of 24% (y-o-y) increase in total income and 28% growth in operating expenses
- Business activity has meaningfully intensified: mortgage lending surged 68% y-o-y and the disbursement of cash loans went up by 25% in 3Q.

The Right to Education Foundation, with direct support from OTP Bank Romania, celebrates five years of activity. During this time, over 12,600 people benefited from the financial education programs supported by the Foundation's trainers.