Romania became the first European Union member state in the area the non-euro which applied fully SEPA standards for payments in national currency.
The Romanian Association of Banks manages the SEPA payment schemes in Romania.
SEPA Direct Debit in national currency has been launched with an additional service, administration of the mandates - the Unique Registry of Mandates - a centralized database which manages all mandates for Direct Debit in lei.
For more information, please see the Romanian version of the article, here.