{"id":1971,"date":"2024-10-04T08:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2024-10-04T08:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:59:27","slug":"blik-payment-system-gets-central-banks-authorization-to-operate-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"BLIK payment system gets central bank\u2019s authorization to operate in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of the National Bank (BNR) authorized on October 1 the operation of the BLIK instant payment system in Romania. It will be administered and operated by BLIK Romania SA and ensure the settlement of e-commerce payment transactions up to RON 50,000, BNR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnr.ro\/page.aspx?prid=25261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The decision will enable the development of this system in local currency (RON) and open it to Romanian payment service providers, the company said. As a first step, the operator plans to focus on the development of payments in the e-commerce channel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The granting of the operating authorization by the BNR is a key step in the development of BLIK in Romania, which is one of the most important markets in the CEE region, especially in terms of e-commerce growth. The dynamic development of the digital sector and the growing popularity of cashless transactions create the perfect conditions for the implementation of a modern payment solution such as BLIK,&#8221; said <strong>Ryszard Dru\u017cynski<\/strong>, CEO of BLIK Romania SA.<\/p>\n<p>In Poland, where BLIK has been developed for almost 10 years, payments in the e-commerce channel account for half of all transactions.<\/p>\n<p>To make an online payment via BLIK, users need a phone with internet access and the bank&#8217;s mobile app. To pay, the user has to generate a six-digit BLIK code in the app, enter it on the shop&#8217;s website, and confirm the operation on the mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>BLIK is a common mobile payment standard created in 2015 in Poland. Currently, it is actively used by nearly 17 million users.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: BLIK Romania)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of the National Bank (BNR) authorized on October 1 the operation of the BLIK instant payment system in Romania. It will be administered and operated by BLIK Romania SA and ensure the settlement of e-commerce payment transactions up to RON 50,000, BNR said. The decision will enable the development of this system in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}