Hidroelectrica launches card payments in the iHidro app

Hidroelectrica announces new facilities for its customers: online payment of electricity bills via bank cards and a new online contracting portal for business customers.

As part of its digitization strategy, Hidroelectrica together with PayU GPO Romania and Visa, leaders in the field of digital payments, improves the customer experience, ensuring new payment methods, the application being accessible on Android and IOS, as well as in a web version iHidro.ro.

Karoly Borbely, CEO of Hidroelectrica: “This initiative allows us to improve the user experience, ensure easy access to our services and respond efficiently to the needs of our customers. Digitization is an essential step in aligning with current trends and strengthening Hidroelectrica’s position on the energy market.”

Elena Gheorghe, Country Manager PayU GPO Romania: “The strategic partnership with Hidroelectrica represents another important stage in the mission of digital transformation of payments in Romania, demonstrating that our experience of over 20 years can accelerate the digitization of essential services for millions of Romanians.”.

Elena Ungureanu, Country Manager, Visa: “We are pleased to collaborate with Hidroelectrica and PayU to offer Romanian consumers more comfort and greater flexibility in managing utility payments. At the same time, this initiative perfectly aligns with Visa’s commitment to provide innovative payment solutions that simplify everyday life.”

Hidroelectrica, the largest producer of green energy in Romania, operates 187 hydropower plants with a total capacity of 6.3 GW and owns a wind farm with an installed capacity of 108 MW, also covering 13.9% of the competitive electricity market from the country.