Salt Bank (formerly Romanian International Bank and Idea Bank) is a Romanian bank based in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
.
Activity
Originally known as Romanian International Bank, it was sold towards the end of 2013 to Idea Bank, a Polish bank controlled by
Getin Holding. In April 2014, its operations continued under the new Idea Bank brand.
It was bought by
Banca Transilvania
Banca Transilvania S.A. (also BT or TLV) is a banking institution with headquarters in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The bank was founded in 1993 in Cluj-Napoca with a capital of 2 billion RON, of which 79% was Romanian and 21% foreign.
BT is the large ...
in 2021. It was renamed to Salt Bank on 21 November 2023. In November 2023, Salt Bank formed a partnership with
Starling Bank
Starling Bank () is a British bank, occasionally referred to as a digital challenger bank or neobank, providing current accounts, current and business banking, business bank accounts in the United Kingdom. Starling Bank is a licensed and regulate ...
, a British challenger bank, to use its cloud-based banking platform known as Engine by Starling.
Salt Bank taps Engine by Starling to power digital banking in Romania
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In 2024, Idea Bank SA became Salt Bank SA. The bank subsidiary Idea::Broker de Asigurare became BT Broker de Asigurare, and Idea::Leasing IFN SA became Avant Leasing IFN SA.
References
External links
Official site - Salt Bank
Banks of Romania
Companies based in Bucharest
Banks established in 1998
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