Who are we?

BankszövetségThe Hungarian Banking Association is the professional advocacy association of the Hungarian banking sector, coordinating and representing the views of the banking community. The Association establishes committees and working groups involving professionals from member banks to develop common positions.

The Association's activities include

  • representing the banking sector's interests,
  • technical consultations
  • participating in the drafting of legislation
  • cooperating with fellow professional associations and NGOs
  • operating technical committees and working groups
  • operating an Ethics Committee
  • coordination and technical consultations during the drafting of government decisions
  • participating in the decision-making processes of the European Banking Federation (EBF)
  • implementing the EBF's positions
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Information

Announcement regarding an error caused by a domestic non-bank payment service provider and its management - 2025. August 08.

On 6 August 2025, several domestic bank customers experienced a scenario whereby their previous bank card transactions had been incorrectly debited again to their payment accounts. The error was caused by a technical problem on the side of a card acquiring organisation outside the banking sector. In such cases, both card companies and banks are responsible for the technical processing of the transactions. The banks immediately began investigating the transactions concerned and duly informing ...
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Hungarian Banking Association: We support the spread of Qualified Corporate Loans - 2025. August 01.

In order to stimulate economic growth, the Hungarian Banking Association is calling on its Member Banks to consider participating in the Hungarian National Bank's Certified Corporate Loan Programme. In the current economic situation, it is essential that all planned and realistically feasible corporate investments are implemented on time, and that the banking sector is able to provide economic players with the required loans. A predictable and stable financial and economic environment, the pr...
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