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Government Adopts Decree Mandating ID for PrePay Cards Purchases

19:38, 27 Aug. 2019
Romania’s Government adopted on Tuesday an emergency decree which makes ID mandatory for the purchasing of PrePay cell phone cards, which will be enacted starting with January 1, 2020.

Romanian Pensioners, War Veterans Have Until End-2012 To Get Travel Smart Cards

21:04, 22 Dec. 2011
The Romanian Government on Thursday decided to extend by one year, until end-2012, the deadline by which pensioners and war veterans will have to obtain travel smart cards, for use in county and inter-county road transport.

Number Of Romanian Active Cards In 1Q At Lowest Level Since March 2008

18:36, 17 Mai 2011
The number of active cards in Romania decreased by 619,815 in the first quarter, to 10.58 million, the lowest level since March 2008, although the total value of transactions has grown compared to the same period of last year, central bank data showed Tuesday.

Romania 3Q Foreign Card Payments At Record RON1B – Central Bank

19:44, 17 Nov. 2010
Romanians used cards to pay 966 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2950) in the third quarter to POS terminals abroad, the largest amount reported to date, and withdrew RON380 million from foreign ATMs, according to central bank data.

Romanian Organized-Crime Prosecutors Apprehend Card Forgery Suspects

11:10, 28 Mai 2010
Southern Romanian prosecutors in Craiova issued 24-hour arrest warrants Thursday against 13 alleged bank card forgers, apprehended after multiple searches in southern Romanian Dolj County, Olt County and capital Bucharest, local organized crime and terrorism prosecutors told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romanian Social Democrat Supporters Receive Party-Supporter Cards, Not Enough To Become Members

20:01, 02 Mai 2010
Romanian social democrat leader Victor Ponta Sunday handed out party-supporter cards to the young social democrat supporters who registered with the party on-line and came to the political group’s headquarters on May 2.

Romanians Are More Interested In Bank Card Design Than Security – MasterCard

13:46, 04 Nov. 2009
Romania’s bank card market has a high development potential as only half the country’s population has cards, but Romanians are more interested in what their card looks like than how safe it is, said Wednesday Denisa Mateescu, head of MasterCard Europe Romania.

Romanian Cards Mkt Up 30% Y-Y, To 11.5M Units In ’08 – BCR

14:49, 19 Feb. 2009
Romanian cards market reported the biggest real growth in 2008, of almost 30%, reaching 11.5 million cards, and will register at least the same increase in 2009, according to Igor Zganjer, executive director of BCR's cards department.

Four Romanians, Three Bulgarians Arrested For Bank Fraud In Greece

15:04, 01 Dec. 2008
Four Romanians and three Bulgarians were arrested in Greece, as they were carrying a large number of fake credit cards, clones of original ones, copied by "skimming." They were active in England and in Athens, Ana-mpa.gr informed.

Romanian Lender BRD Launches Its First Chip Cards

11:45, 18 Aug. 2008
Romania’s second-largest lender Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare -Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO), which is majority owned by France's Societe Generale, Monday launched its first chip-based cards in a move to wipe out card fraud, the bank said Monday.

Authorities Launch Probe Into Possible Card Frauds At Romanian Bk Bancpost

20:45, 07 Mai 2008
The Romanian authorities started an investigation into possible credit frauds at lender Bancpost, after several bank customers filed complaints over missing money, head of the Informational Crime Service, under-commissioner Virgil Spiridon, said Wednesday.

UK Granted Over 30,000 Work Cards To Romanians, Bulgarians In 2007

15:53, 26 Feb. 2008
British authorities granted 30,570 work cards to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals in 2007, the government said in a statement Tuesday.

Free European Health Cards For Romanians Come Jan 1 ’08

17:35, 28 Dec. 2007
Romanian citizens will receive, free of charge, the European health card, starting with January 1, 2008, its value being paid from the budget of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), according EU advice, CNAS president Vasile Ciurchea told MEDIAFAX.