Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) was established in 1990 taking over the commercial banking operations of the National Bank of Romania. Today, BCR is the most important financial group in Romania, including companies on the leasing, asset management, private pension and housing bank market, as well as mobile banking services. BCR is the most valuable financial brand in Romania, according to the level of clients’ trust* and to the number of those for whom BCR is the main institution they bank with.
BCR offers a full range of financial products and services in most Romanian towns of more than 10,000 inhabitants. BCR is the No. 1 bank in Romania on the cards and banking transactions market. It commands, to the benefit of its clients, the largest national ATM (over 2,200 machines) and POS (over 18.000 terminals) network, together with a complex offer in electronic banking services, including Internet banking, phone banking and e-commerce services. From 2006 on, BCR became a member of Erste Group, which was founded 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank. Since 1997 Erste Group has developed into one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, with more than 50,000 employees serving more than 17 million clients in 3,200 branches in 8 countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine).
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