Lucian Maricas has joined the PayPoint Romania team as Head of Product Development

PayPoint Romania, the main retail-based cash and electronic top-up operator, has named Lucian Maricas as Head of Product Development.

Lucian Maricas has over 17 years of experience in financial services and FinTech, and carries extensive industry knowledge about financial systems, retail banking, e-payments, debit and credit cards, prepaid cards, card processing and digital channels. He has previously held senior local and international positions in Societe Generale, Raiffeisen Bank, Citibank and RevWorlwide Payments. Lucian is an Executive MBA graduate from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Mugur Dogariu, Managing Director PayPoint Romania, said: “Ever since its launch in Romania, PayPoint has sought to become the market leader for retail-based cash payments, with current results only honouring us. Given the diversified portfolio of payment types and channels available at the PayPoint Group level, we will further capitalize on this expertise in Romania, in order to consolidate our position as payment specialists. In this context, we are convinced that Lucian’s arrival in the PayPoint team will play an important role in the good development of our current and future projects”.

Lucian Maricas added: “I am happy to join PayPoint’s Management Team as Head of Product Development. In my new role, I will support the organization in the development and implementation of new products and services. Our mission is that of simplifying the way our partners and customers collect and, respectively, make payments, therefore we are committed to offering them added value through convenience, safety and speed. These are key elements that differentiate and strengthen PayPoint’s position in the modern payment market.”