• Home
• Channel: Finance
• Budapest Bank Unveils Contactless Payments

Budapest Bank Unveils Contactless Payments

• 12 Jun 2018 9:29 AM

Budapest Bank is offering contact-less mobile phone payment solutions to its customers from Monday, the state-owned bank has announced.

Clients must have smartphones and a Mastercard or Maestro card. Currently the app is only available for Android systems.

Currently only Gránit Bank, OTP Bank, MKB and K&H Bank offer contact-less smartphone payment solutions in Hungary.

• How does this content make you feel?
• I love it
• I like it
• I dislike it

• Contactless Mobile Payment Android Budapest Bank

Explore More Reports

Number of Payment Accounts in Hungary Surges

• 16 Sep 2026 7:07 AM

The number of payment accounts at Hungarian payment services providers rose markedly in the second quarter with the entry of a new player on the market, a report issued by the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) shows.



Success Beats Speed for Hungary’s Euro Adoption - NBH Governor

• 11 Sep 2026 6:49 AM

National Bank of Hungary (NBH) governor Mihaly Varga highlighted the need for a "successful" rather than "speedy" adoption of the euro at an annual meeting of economists in Eger (NE Hungary).



Rising GDP in Hungary, KSH Confirms

• 2 Sep 2026 7:01 AM

Hungary's GDP rose 1.7pc in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) confirmed in a second reading of data released on Tuesday.



Base Rate Cut by NBH as Inflation Undershoots Forecasts

• 26 Aug 2026 7:23 AM

The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) decided to cut the central bank base rate by 25bp to 5.50pc at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday.