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    BT Story

    It has been 32 years since we started growing in Romania and since we have seen Romania growing. And it was beautiful.

    Many times it was hard, but it was always interesting.

    I have heard ideas and I have seen how they became reality.

    In all this time, I have seen that we have someone to rely on, that we have someone to work with, that there is someone to lend a hand, and that Romania has reasons to be optimistic.

    And we are proud to be the bank of the most enterprising years in the history of this country.

    How it all began

    16 February
    1994

    The BT story begins thanks to 46 founders, who together contributed a capital of 2 million dollars. The first steps, a team of 13 employees and a branch in Cluj.

    1997

    Listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. BT becomes the first listed bank in Romania.

    2001

    EBRD becomes a significant shareholder.

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    2003

    The Launch of the Financial Group Banca Transilvania.

    Start of the bank's strong expansion at the national level (from 40 to 500 branches, within a few years).

    The bank's first rebranding.

    2007

    1 million BT cards issued.

    2008

    BT adjusts its business model to the international financial crisis.

    The bank enters the top 10 players in the Romanian banking system (by assets).

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    2010

    World Premiere: Banca Transilvania and Western Union launch money transfer through ATM.

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    2011

    Banca Transilvania enters the top 3 banks in Romania (by assets).

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    2014

    BT turns 20 years old.

    2014

    The bank opens the BT Italy Branch and becomes the only Romanian bank in Rome.

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    BT turns 20 years old.

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    BT becomes one of the founders of EMBA University of Hull, an initiative dedicated to entrepreneurial education.

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    2015 – 2016

    First bank acquisition by BT: Banca Transilvania buys and integrates Volksbank Romania.

    BT becomes the second bank in Romania (by assets).

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    2016

    The second rebranding of Transilvania Bank.

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    BT becomes the partner of the Romanian Basketball Federation.

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    2017

    BT acquires and integrates Bancpost

    2017

    Group Banca Transilvania launches BT Mic, company dedicated to small businesses.

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    Banca Transilvania becomes the Partner of His Majesty King Michael I's House.

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    2017 – 2018

    BT acquires and integrates Bancpost.

    The bank has become the leader of the card market.

    2018

    Banca Transilvania becomes the largest bank in Romania.

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    BT has become the largest bank in Southeast Europe.

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    The launch of the BT Pay application, which transformed the way of doing banking.

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    BT has become a shareholder of Victoriabank (Republic of Moldova).

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    The bank launches the first chatbot for entrepreneurs.

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    The largest multipurpose hall in Romania carries the Banca Transilvania brand: BT Arena.

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    2019

    The first 100% contactless ATM

    2019

    BT celebrates 25 years.

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    The first 100% contactless ATM.

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    Group Banca Transilvania has acquired Certinvest Pensions and is expanding in the field of private pensions.

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    2020

    BT adapts its business model to the challenges brought by the pandemic.

    2021

    The bank has a new Headquarters (Cluj-Napoca).

    BT acquires and integrates into the Banca Transilvania Group Idea::Bank. Idea::Leasing and Idea::Insurance Broker. Idea::Bank has become Salt Bank It will be the first 100% digital bank made in Romania.

    Premiere in Romania: The launch of the eco-friendly card, BT Visa Classic.

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    2022

    BT and COSR, partnership to support Romanian athletes at the Olympic Games.

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    2022

    The bank buys Țiriac Leasing, the first BT acquisition of a leasing company that is not part of a financial-banking group.

    Premiere in Romania: instant euro collections through Banca Transilvania

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    BT has launched its own technology company, Code Crafters.

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    BT opens Stup, a unique concept on the market, a physical and virtual space dedicated to entrepreneurs.

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    2023

    BT has reached 4 million clients. 1 in 5 Romanians has an account at Banca Transilvania.

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    Banca Transilvania has reached 6 million cards.

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    Historical record: 8 million transactions in a single day, through all bank channels (cards, POS terminals, ATMs), double compared to a standard day.

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    Record at the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

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    Premiere in Europe: launch of the animated virtual card.

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    Premiere in Romania: BT integrates artificial intelligence in online communication, on the platform Ask BT.

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    Brand Finance Banking 500 2023: the brand value of Banca Transilvania exceeds 500 million USD.

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    2024

    2024

    Banca Transilvania has signed an agreement with OTP Group for the acquisition of OTP Bank Romania, OTP Leasing Romania, and OTP Asset Management.

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    Star shopping cards, rebranding

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    Banca Transilvania acquired OTP Bank Romania from OTP Group

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