Romanian Business Consult (RBC), the largest IT solutions integrator for the food industry ans retail, purchased all shares of Smartpay Software, an IT application producer set up in 2016 and with a business of 4.4 million lei in 2021, data supplied by Profit.ro. The shares were sold by Sebastian Alexandru Ionita -32.5%, Marius Viorel Constantinescu – 32.5% and Cristian Florin Orascu – 2.5%. Smartpay Software product portfolio includes payment solutions by card on EFT-POS terminals and cash deposit solutions in self service system, middleware for transactions, monitoring and management solutions for terminal fleets. Following the purchase, RBC group completes its team and has 50 specialists in software development and application implementation and over 235 service engineers and national support , covering the whole range of software and IT services for modern retail and banking sectors. In December 2020, RBC took over Ropeco, a local supplier of solutions and equipment in the field of cash processing. RBC was set up in 2013 and is fully controlled by Bluekit Limited (Cyprus), according to Termene.ro. Company business advanced slightly in 2021 to 164.1 million lei and profit increased to 10.77 million lei.
The third edition of Taifas Balkan Film and Culture Festival, set to take place in Timișoara between October 13 and October 19, will include a retrospective dedicated to Romanian director Radu Jude. The public will be able to see the director's short films, in addition to a preview of his latest production, Dracula, presented at […]
Sursa International Light Art Festival, an event featuring immersive installations, projections, and light structures, will take place at the National Library of Romania from October 13 to October 19. The event brings together international and Romanian artists “in a visual dialogue about technology, architecture and sensitivity,” the organizers announced. “We wanted to build the opportunity […]
Romania’s Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth RON 50.4 million with Rheinnmetall Automecanica, a subsidiary of the German defense industry giant Rheinmetall, for the delivery of drone detection systems, Economedia.ro reported. The radar system will be delivered within 18 months at most and will reportedly be...
The former Steaua Roșie cinema in Cluj-Napoca will reopen as Edison-House of Music, a cultural hub dedicated to music and community, the organizers of the Jazz in the Park festival announced. Built in the early 1900s, the Edison building became, after World War II, the Steaua Roșie cinema. After 1989, the venue underwent several changes […]
Unprecedented amounts of precipitation have been recorded in Romania as cyclone Barbara hit the country on October 5-8, according to the authorities. At the same time, Bucharest exceeded the absolute maximum levels of rain for October. “Between October 5–8, 2025, Romania was affected by the Mediterranean cyclone Barbara, which formed over the Ionian Sea and […]
Romania is one of six European countries recently selected to develop a new artificial intelligence and supercomputing center under the EuroHPC – AI Factories program. The project, known as the AI Factory, will be Romania’s first national AI infrastructure, marking a major step toward strengthening its digital and research capabilities. The initiative will be led […]
