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Company announcement/retail

Erste Group and Salt Edge join unite for multi-banking services to the CEE region

With a rich history of over 200 years in the banking industry, Erste Group, a powerhouse in Eastern Europe’s financial services, has chosen to collaborate with Salt Edge, a leading open banking solutions provider. This strategic partnership, backed by the extensive expertise of both entities, is set to revolutionise multi-banking services in the CEE region. The aim is to bolster the multi-banking functionalities for Erste Group’s retail and corporate customers through the George banking app and the ErsteConnect API.

04 October 2024

Company announcement/regulation

Erste Group implements Scila surveillance tech

Scila AB, the Stockholm-based leading independent provider of trade surveillance, risk management and anti-money laundering (AML) technology has announced that Erste Group, a major European financial institution, has successfully implemented Scila Surveillance.

27 September 2024

Company announcement/retail

Erste Bank Hungary launches in-app flight delay insurance

Erste Bank Hungary, part of Erste Group, one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, has launched Erste Flight Delay Insurance to its banking customers in their George app.

17 May 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2022: Embracing the power of continuity

Launching in to EBAday 2022, Wolfgang Ehrmann, chair of the board, EBA, set the context for this year’s first in-person EBAday conference since 2019.

31 May 2022

News/payments

EBAday 2022: David O’Mahony tapped as headline speaker

David O’Mahony, chief operating officer of Erste Group, has been confirmed as headline speaker for EBAday 2022.

25 March 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Erste Group embraces synthetic data to foster innovation

Synthetic data generated by artificial intelligence offer banks and financial institutions a new and completely anonymized way to extract valuable information and identify patterns from the vast amount of customer data they hold.

23 March 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Banks’ plumbing still needs work before ISO 20022 migration

Diving into the ‘Unlocking customer value through ISO 20022’ session on day three of EBAday 2020, Guy Moons, head of enterprise payments solution, FIS, believes that the migration toward ISO is as revolutionary to the economy as going from a black and white television to a smart TV.

26 November 2020

Company announcement/payments

Esrtye Bank installs Valantic payments hub

As first European bank, Erste Bank Hungary – a subsidiary of the Austrian Erste Group since 1997 – provides an own system for processing request-to-pay (R2P).

01 September 2020

News/payments

Size does matter for banks tackling ISO 20022 migration

With a new migration date set for November 2022, Swift’s community must be prepared to adopt the data-rich ISO 20022 for cross border payments in under 24 months. The deadline delay proves just how challenging this project has been for financial institutions across the payments landscape.

15 April 2020

Company announcement/security

Erste Bank Hungary implements OneSpan mobile security suite

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the global leader in securing remote banking transactions, today announced that Erste Bank Hungary, a subsidiary of Erste Group Bank AG, one of the leading banks in Central and Eastern Europe, has integrated OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite into its banking app MobilBank.

24 March 2020

News/payments

Swift delays ISO 20022 cross-border payments migration

Swift is to delay the original ISO 20022 migration date for cross border payments by 12 months, from November 2021 to the end of 2022, as banks struggle with decommissioning and preparing existing infrastructure for the transition.

16 March 2020

Company announcement

Erste MobilePay gets NFC

Erste MobilePay is stepping it up a notch. Thanks to the expertise of Cellum’s software engineers, the recently upgraded application will now have NFC function.

06 May 2019