Over 500 entrepreneurs have used BT Store to access solutions that complement banking for their own businesses over the past six months. BT Store now has a new design and more partner companies than the test version launched in August last year.

12 companies on BT Store address entrepreneurs’ main challenges

• BT Store partners offer innovative, digital products and apps, discounted for Banca Transilvania customers.
• The companies showcasing offers for entrepreneurs on BT Store are: Smart Bill, Blugento, eJobs, Rețeaua Privată de Sănătate Regina Maria, Ebriza, ThinkOut, Calendis Business, REGnet, DocAv, iFactor, IT Hit and, soon, Termene.ro. Their solutions, designed for business management and operations, help address entrepreneurs’ main pain points: invoicing, basic accounting, cash flow management, employee recruitment, e-commerce solutions, online appointments, online document generators, web development, etc.
• IT Hit powered by SoftOne presents a customized Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution for SMEs, created specifically for Banca Transilvania customers.
• Termene.ro will join BT Store with a comprehensive solution that gives entrepreneurs access to official information on Romanian companies’ financial and legal data, such as turnover, profit, losses or debts, founders, business history, etc.

BT Store – new design and online features

The new design of the platform also includes new sections, and the blog will become more dynamic thanks to multimedia content:

• Package comparator: entrepreneurs can compare BT Store offers and make sure they choose the most suitable option. 
• Multi-select categories: clients can very easily filter offers by selecting the needs they want to cover, such as consulting, human resources, etc.

“We’ve learned a lot in these 7 months since the launch of BT Store, and the most important thing is that the idea behind it has been validated by clients. Entrepreneurs need tools that help them manage their own businesses, and we’re glad we’ve been able to bring them the best solutions. And we offer more than banking. We have a community of BT Store partners with whom we will continue to develop the platform, to deliver the best customer experience, the best solutions and the most relevant partners.” – said Raul Rîşniță, Digital Banking Manager, SME & Microbusiness Clients Division, BT.

More than banking for entrepreneurs

BT supports over 250,000 corporate customers — large and mid-corporates, SMEs and micro-enterprises. The bank has the most diversified ecosystem for supporting SMEs in Romania, through its approach, team, products and services. The most important programs and facilities that complement banking for entrepreneurs are the following:

• BT Club offers financial education courses for its more than 25,000 members. In 2018, it organized 60 meetings across the country, attended by almost 7,000 entrepreneurs.
• Întreb BT is an online platform with 1,000 questions and answers about banking, products and services. In 2018, it recorded a record number of visitors, over 1.26 million. 
• Robotul Raul is one of the real-time communication channels, via Facebook Messenger and Skype, about BT accounts, products and services.
• Bucureştiul Întreprinzător is an online platform that features people and ideas that have helped turn the capital into the most enterprising city in Romania.

BT Store is regularly updated with ideas, partners and offers, to cover an SME’s business needs as fully as possible, 360°.

Soon, Banca Transilvania will facilitate the integration of one of the BT Store partners into BT Open Banking, a platform that allows closer collaboration with fintechs, giving customers a better experience in their relationship with the bank.