Éva Hegedüs
Chairperson & CEO, Gránit Bank Zrt.
The introduction of the instant payment system from the perspective of Gránit Bank THE IDEA OF THE INSTANT PAYMENT SYSTEM I have supported the idea of establishing the instant payment system to modernise the Hungarian financial infrastructure. First, it was obvious to me that this was a fundamental development that would require huge human and financial resources from the banking sector, and in exchange the international competitiveness of the Hungarian payments market, including that of Gránit Bank, will improve. I knew that we could provide an experience to customers with instant payments that offer all the advantages of cash payments while being much safer and cheaper, therefore I was hoping that this solution would lower the current high share of cash transactions. I am an ardent advocate of competition, but the instant payment system is a platform where cooperation came first, where we worked closely together with GIRO Zrt., the Magyar Nemzeti Bank and the partner banks with full commitment to the task. As the chairperson and CEO of Gránit Bank, I can say on behalf of all my colleagues that we are proud of our innovative digital solutions the business innovations that we introduced first, or among the first, and which we provide to our customers. We continuously strive to innovate, as who would not like to be among the leaders? We kicked off and implemented our entire project on the introduction of the instant payment system in this spirit.
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