At BT Talks, Andi Moisescu has as a guest Ömer Tetik, CEO of Banca Transilvania and one of the most influential people in banking, named six times "Banker of the Year".
✅ When ambition beats size
“BT was an underdog,” he says. A local bank, born in Cluj, with people who worked with the passion of a start-up in a market dominated by international names. But that was precisely its strength: in the energy of a team that was not afraid to try, to innovate, to do things differently. Years later, the “small and ambitious” bank becomes the market leader. Not through a moment of glory, but through thousands of days in which people did a little more than expected.
✅ 1999: the beginning of a common story
Ömer came to Romania 26 years ago. He talks about Romania in 1999 as a place where he instinctively felt that something important could be built. Since then, he has lived the country's evolution step by step. And, in a way, BT grew exactly at the same pace.
Romania had – and has – a huge potential. It was enough to look around and see how quickly everything can change.
✅ Community, identity and sport
An essential part of this growth is related to the Cluj community, where sport means more than competition: energy, team, discipline, but also a symbol of the city, a tradition worth carrying forward. For BT, these partnerships are more than sponsorships. They are the way the bank stays close to the community that raised it.
✅ A bank and its team
In the end, the red thread of the discussion remains the same: people. Ömer always repeats that BT's success does not come from a single decision, but from a culture built day by day. From investments designed to help, not to impress. From products that simplify life. From financial education, technology, and trust. BT started as an underdog. Today it is the market leader. And, in the style of good stories, it has not yet told its last chapter.
