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Company announcement/retail

OTP Bank parters with Iliad Solutions

OTP Bank, a listed retail and corporate bank based in Budapest, Hungary, has selected Iliad Solutions as its payment testing provider in a new multi-year deal.

01 March 2024

Finextra TV/retail

Improving security and CX without compromise

Speaking to FinextraTV, Constantin Mareș, EMBA, Chief Digital Officer, OTP Bank Romania, and Seshika Fernando, VP for Banking and Financial Services, WSO2, discuss how to navigate the tension between delivering a good customer experience and meeting the evolving challenges of securing customer data and improving security.

12 April 2023

Company announcement/payments

OTP Mobile goes live with SoftPOS across Hunary

MYPINPAD, a global leader in mobile-based payments acceptance and digital authentication solutions, has partnered with CircleBlue Pay (CBP) and OTP Mobile in a move that will allow thousands of merchants across Hungary to accept card payments via Tap to Phone technology.

23 May 2022

Company announcement

SKB banka picks Backbase for digital transformation

Slovenia-based SKB banka (SKB) has today announced its partnership with Engagement Banking technology provider, Backbase, to accelerate its digital transformation and ensure a seamless banking experience for all new and existing customers.

08 June 2021

Company announcement/startups

OTP to work with 15 startups

In the 4th batch of its Startup Program, OTP Group is starting a 3-month collaboration with 15 later-stage startups and scaleups.

01 March 2021

Company announcement/startups

OTP kicks off startup partner programme

Announced for the fourth time, OTP Group is looking for innovative startup partners as part of the OTP Startup Partner Program.

15 September 2020

Company announcement/startups

OTP Bank collaborating with startups in five countries for third annual programme

OTP Bank’s third Startup Program holds several records, as it is the banking group’s most comprehensive startup collaboration initiative in terms of the number of applying startups, the number of startups selected for pilot projects, and the number of group members participating in the initiative.

04 March 2020

News

OTP Group shifts gears for late-stage startup programme

Hungary's OTP Group is inviting late-stage startups to apply for a Group-wide pilot programme aimed at finding fresh applications for long-term commercial deployment at the bank.

14 October 2019

Company announcement/startups

OTP Bank invites applications for startup accelerator

OTP Bank will launch its second international accelerator program in the first months of next year and is accepting applications from growth-stage startups and scaleups until the end of November.

18 October 2018

Company announcement

Hungary's OTP Bank turns to ACI Worldwide for instant payments

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that Hungary’s OTP Bank Group, one of the largest independent financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, will utilize the full range of ACI’s UP portfolio of solutions to drive its digital transformation strategy.

11 April 2018

Company announcement

Russian online-only bank Touch Bank goes live with Backbase

Today, Backbase, the omni-channel digital banking specialist, and Touch Bank, the neo-bank founded by OTP Bank, announce that they have successfully launched the new digital-only bank in Russia.

04 August 2015

News

Hungarian mobile wallet trials declared a success

The bank- and telco-backed Hungarian Mobile Wallet Association is preparing for a full-scale commercial roll-out after reviewing largely positive feedback from a year-long pilot trial of its NFC-based m-payment service.

04 July 2014