| Salt Bank | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1998 |
| Location: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Industry: | Finance and Insurance |
| Products: | Financial services |
| Parent: | Banca Transilvania |
| Homepage: | salt.bank |
Salt Bank (formerly Romanian International Bank and Idea Bank) is a Romanian bank based in Bucharest.
Originally known as Romanian International Bank, it was sold towards the end of 2013 to Idea Bank, a Polish bank controlled by Getin Holding. In April 2014, its operations continued under the new Idea Bank brand.[1]
It was bought by Banca Transilvania in 2021. It was renamed to Salt Bank on 21 November 2023.[2] In November 2023, Salt Bank formed a partnership with Starling Bank, a British challenger bank, to use its cloud-based banking platform known as Engine by Starling.[3]
In 2024, Idea Bank SA became Salt Bank SA. The bank subsidiary Idea::Broker de Asigurare became BT Broker de Asigurare, and Idea::Leasing IFN SA became Avant Leasing IFN SA.