According to company representatives, Netopia attracted more than 500 new traders in the first half of the year, from online stores to utilities and tourism companies.

The company processed around 930,000 online card transactions and some 200,000 micropayments through SMS between January and June.

The value of micropayments processed by Netopia stood at EUR1.5 million, similar with the level reached in the first half of 2013.

The average value of online card payments rose to RON180 in the first six months, from RON150 in 2013, while the value of an average transaction processed by Netopia from smartphones and tablets advanced 5% on the year in 2014.

Netopia Mobilpay, one of the largest online card payment processors, processed 2.2 million online card transactions worth EUR76 million in 2013, accounting for one third of total online payments in Romania.