• BCR recommends its customers to schedule in advance the banking operations they need to perform in this period

Bucharest , May 29th  2015

Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), in order to perform some updates with a view to increasing the quality of its services, stops on Sunday night  May 31st 2015 between  2015 22:00 – 23:59 the IT system managing card operations in BCR; the  ATM/MFM (multifunctional machines) / ASV (foreign exchange machines) / APT and   POS in  BCR  network will be STOPPED.

Also, the BCR  Internet, Mobile and Phone Banking (Click 24 Banking BCR, MCash, eBCR, Touch 24 Banking and Alo 24 Banking BCR), and the operations notification system - BCR Alert will not be available between Sunday May 31st  2015  from 22:00 – Monday June 1st 2015  at 12:00.

BCR recommends its customers to schedule in advance the banking operations they need to perform in this period.

Banca Comercială Română (BCR), a member of Erste Group, is the most important financial group in Romania, providing universal banking operations (retail, corporate & investment banking, treasury and capital markets), and covering specialty companies working on the leasing market, private pensions and housing banks. BCR is Romania’s No. 1 bank in terms of asset value (over €14.4 bn.), in terms of client base and in terms of savings and crediting. BCR is also Romania’s most important financial brand, judging by the client trust rate and by the number of persons who consider that BCR is their main banking partner.

BCR uses a network of 22 corporate business centres and 23 mobile offices dedicated to corporate clients, and 509 retails units located in most communities inhabited by at least 10,000 citizens to provide a full range of financial products and services. BCR is Romania’s No. 1 bank running on the banking transactions market, since BCR customers have the largest ATM network at their disposal – nearly 2,000 ATMs and 13,500 POS terminals enabling customers to use their cards for shopping purposes, as well as the complete Internet banking, mobile banking, phone-banking and e-commerce services.

Erste Group is one of the main suppliers of financial services in Eastern European Union. About 46,500 bank officers working in 2,800 branches in seven countries (Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Serbia) assist 16.2 million customers. Erste Group reported a total asset pool worth €202.6 bn. and a 56.1% cost-to-income ratio at the end of Q1 2015. First-ranking common equity index (Basel 3 implemented partially) was maintained at 10.2%.

BCR – External Communication 

Cezar Marin, e-mail: cezar.marin@bcr.ro

For more details about the products and services provided by BCR, please use one of the coordinates below to contact us:

InfoBCR 

Web: www.bcr.ro

Email: contact.center@bcr.ro

Telverde: 0800.801.BCR (0800.801.227), toll-free from all national networks.

Twitter: @infoBCR